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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180103155106
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000049071-18-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180103

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Dunbar Webster Roy
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001305807

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05975
		FILM NUMBER:		18505065

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		740 WEST NEW CIRCLE ROAD
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40511

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HUMANA INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000049071
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324]
		IRS NUMBER:				610647538
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 W MAIN ST
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5025801000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 W. MAIN ST
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EXTENDICARE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19740404

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HERITAGE HOUSE OF AMERICA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19671129
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Annual Director's fee payable in stock units, deferred at the election of the Reporting Person until his resignation of services as a director at which time the stock units will be payable in Humana Inc. common stock on a 1-for-1 basis, exempt pursuant to Rule 16(b)-3(d)(1) and the total includes the vested portion that was subsequently deferred for years 2013 and later.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Director's cash fee elected to be converted into stock units, deferred at the election of the Reporting Person until his resignation of services as a director at which time the stock units will be payable in Humana Inc. common stock on a 1-for-1 basis, exempt pursuant to Rule 16(b)-3(d)(1).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Director's dividend payment reinvested into stock units on vested and deferred stock units, deferred in accordance with the Plan until his resignation of services as a director at which time the deferred dividend stock units will be payable in Humana Inc. common stock on a 1-for-1 basis, exempt pursuant to Rule16(b)-3(d).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 658 restricted stock units pursuant to the annual Director's Fee Program representing a contingent right to receive one share of Humana Inc. common stock, exempt under Rule 16b-3(d)(1)&amp;(3) under the Company's 2011 Plan of which 100% is vesting on 12/31/2018.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>W. Roy Dunbar</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of Joan O. Lehanan and Joseph C. Ventura, signing singly, the undersigned's

true and lawful attorney in fact to:



1. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as a director of Humana Inc. (the Company) Forms 3, 4, and 5

(and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities

and Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) and the rules thereunder;



2. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such

Forms 3, 4, and 5 and timely file such form with the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and any stock exchange

or similar authority, and



3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which,in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of,or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve

in such attorney in fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary,or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted,as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact,

or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or

cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers

herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,

are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act, and that the undersigned

shall review and affirm the accuracy of any such filings made on his behalf by

the foregoing attorneys in fact.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned

is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's

holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier

revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

attorneys in fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a

confirming statement of the authority granted herein.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney

to be executed as of this 24th day of February, 2012.



/s/ W. Roy Dunbar

W. Roy Dunbar

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