FIRST AMENDMENT AGREEMENT AND WAIVER

     First Amendment Agreement and Waiver, dated as of January 28, 1997 (this 
"Amendment"), among Foundation Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation 
(the "Borrower"), the lenders (the "Lenders") listed on the signature pages 
hereof and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the "Agent") for the 
Lenders.

     1.  The Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent have entered into a 
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 1996 (such credit 
agreement as it may be amended and in effect from time to time, being 
referred to herein as the "Credit Agreement"; terms defined therein and not 
otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined).

     2.  The Borrower, Health Systems International, Inc. ("HSI") and FH 
Acquisition Corp. on October 1, 1996 entered into an Agreement and Plan of 
Merger ("Merger Agreement") pursuant to which the Borrower will become a 
wholly owned subsidiary of HSI (the "Merger"). The Borrower has requested the 
Lenders and the Agent to amend the Credit Agreement to permit the Credit 
Agreement to survive the Merger and to grant a waiver thereunder in 
connection therewith. The Lenders and the Agent have agreed to such request 
on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above and 
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which 
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Credit Agreement is, 
effective as of the consummation of the Merger and subject to the 
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, 
hereby amended as follows:

     (a)  Section 1.01 is hereby amended by adding the following defined 
   term after the definition of "HMO SUBSIDIARY" therein:

          "`HSI' means Health Systems International, Inc., a Delaware 
   corporation."

     (b)  Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by 
   deleting the semicolon at the end of Section 6.01 (n) and replacing it 
   with the word "; or" and adding the following subsection (o) after such 
   subsection (n):

               "(o)  HSI or any of its Subsidiaries (other than those 
          Subsidiaries subject to Section 6.01 (d) hereof) shall fail to pay 
          any Debt in a principal payment amount (whether singly or in the 
          aggregate) equal to or in excess of $15,000,000 of HSI or such 
          Subsidiary, as the case may be, when the same becomes due and 
          payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, 
          acceleration, 



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          demand or otherwise (and inclusive of principal, interest, 
          fees and penalties)), and such failure shall continue after the 
          applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreements or 
          instruments relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur 
          or condition shall exist under any agreements or instruments 
          relating to such Debt and shall continue after the applicable 
          grace period, if any, specified in such agreements or instruments, 
          if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to 
          permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or any such 
          Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be 
          prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), 
          prior to the stated maturity thereof."

     SECTION 2.  WAIVERS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT. Subject to the satisfaction of 
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, any Default or Event 
of Default arising from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement 
is hereby waived from the date hereof to and including June 30, 1997.

     SECTION 3.  CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become 
effective if, on or prior to February 9, 1997, the Agent shall have received 
(i) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the 
Majority Lenders and the Agent, (ii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of 
the Borrower approving this Amendment and the transactions contemplated 
hereby, together with an incumbency certificate with respect to the officers 
of the Borrower executing this Amendment and (iii) evidence that the Amended 
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 1996 among HSI, the 
lenders thereto and Bank of America, N.T. & S.A., as agent, has been amended, 
pursuant to an amendment in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and 
to the Borrower, to permit the Merger and to permit the indebtedness of the 
Borrower under the Credit Agreement to continue after the effectiveness of 
the Merger.

     SECTION 4.  REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. (a) Upon 
the effectiveness of this Amendment, on and after the date hereof, each 
reference in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof" 
or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be 
a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

     (b) Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement is and 
   shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and 
   confirmed in all respects.

     (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall 
not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the 
Agent under the Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of 
the Credit Agreement, except as specifically herein provided.



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              SECTION 5. FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES.  The Borrower agrees to 
pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent incurred in 
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, 
modification and amendment of this Amendment and the other documents to be 
delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and 
out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent's legal counsel. The Borrower further 
agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders 
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of the Agent's 
legal counsel) in connection with the enforcement (whether through 
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of the Amendment and other 
documents to be delivered under this Amendment.

              SECTION 6. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.  This Amendment may be 
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in 
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be 
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but 
one and the same agreement.

              SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED 
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this 
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly 
authorized, as of the date first above written.

                                  THE BORROWER:
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                                  FOUNDATION HEALTH CORPORATION

                                  By:
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                                      Name:
                                      Title:



                                  THE AGENT:
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                                  CITIBANK, N.A.

                                  By: 
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                                      Name:
                                      Title:




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                                  THE LENDERS:
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                                  CITIBANK, N.A.

                                  By:
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                                      Name:
                                      Title: 


                                  NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.

                                  By: 
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name:  
                                      Title: 


                                  BANK OF AMERICA, N.T. & S.A.

                                  By: 
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name:  
                                      Title: 


                                  THE CHASE MANHATTEN BANK, N.A.

                                  By: 
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name: 
                                      Title:


                                  UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.

                                  By:
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name:  
                                      Title:



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                                  THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

                                  By:
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                                      Name: 
                                      Title: 


                                  THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LIMITED,
                                  SAN FRANCISCO AGENCY

                                  By: 
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name:  
                                      Title:


                                  THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED,
                                  SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH

                                  By: 
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name:  
                                      Title: 


                                  CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH

                                  By: 
                                     --------------------------------
                                      Name:  
                                      Title: 


                                  THE SANWA BANK, LIMITED

                                  By: 
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                                      Name: 
                                      Title: