EXHIBIT 5.1






                             December 7, 1999

Law Office of Reed & Reed, P.C.
1919 14th Street, Suite 330
Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Tel:  (303) 413-0691
Fax:  (303) 413-0645

Healthnet International Inc.
Suite 301-1201 West Pender Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada, V6E 2V2


Gentlemen:

     In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8, being filed by
Healthnet International Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
registration of 1,200,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock offered under the
Company's 1999 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), we are of the
opinion that:

     1. The Company is a validly organized and existing corporation under the
laws of Colorado.

     2. All necessary corporate action has been duly taken to authorize the
establishment of the Plan and the issuance of 1,200,000 shares of the Company's
Common Stock under the Plan; and

     3. The shares of the Company's Common Stock, when issued in accordance with
the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the
Common Stock of the Company.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement referred to
above.

                              Very truly yours,

                              /s/ Law Office of Reed & Reed, P.C.

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