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Exhibit 10.10    
  


March 12,
2001 


Dr. Timothy
Moore

94 Glenn Drive

New Caanan, CT 06840 


Dear
Tim: 


    Congratulations!
On behalf of Health Net, Inc. (the "Company" or "HNT") I would like to confirm our offer for the position of Senior Vice President & Chief Medical
Officer. You will report to Cora Tellez, President of Health Plans. Your signature will represent agreement with the following terms: 


    1.  Salary.  You will be paid a monthly base salary of $25,833.33, less
applicable withholdings, (payable on a bi-weekly basis)("Base Salary"), which covers all hours worked. Generally, your base salary will be reviewed annually but the Company reserves the
right to change your compensation at any time. 


    2.  Duties.  Your primary responsibility will be for the medical
management of the Company, but you may be assigned other duties as needed and your duties may change from time to time on reasonable notice, based on your skills and the needs of the Company. In
addition, your reporting relationship may be changed from time-to-time at the discretion of the Company. 


    3.  Adjustments and Changes in Employment Status.  You understand that
the Company reserves the right to make personnel decisions regarding your employment, including but not limited to decisions regarding any promotion, salary adjustment, transfer or disciplinary
action, up to and including
termination, without notice and consistent with the needs of the business. Generally, performance and compensation are reviewed on an annual basis. 


    4.  Protection of Proprietary and Confidential Information.  By signing
this letter below, you agree that your employment creates a relationship of confidence and trust with the Company with respect to proprietary and confidential information of the Company learned by you
during your employment. 



    (a) You
agree not to directly or indirectly use or disclose any of the proprietary or confidential information of the Company or any of its affiliates at any time
except in connection with the services you provide to such entities. "Proprietary and confidential information" shall mean trade secrets, confidential knowledge, data or any other proprietary or
confidential information of the Company or any of its affiliates, but shall not include information previously published publicly by the Company or other information generally in the public domain. By
way of illustration but not limitation, "proprietary and/or confidential information" includes: (i) trade secrets, documents, memoranda, reports, files, correspondence, lists and other written
and graphic records affecting or relating to any such entity's business; (ii) confidential marketing information including without limitation marketing strategies, customer and client names and
requirements, services, prices, margins and costs; (iii) confidential financial information; (iv) personnel information (including without limitation employee compensation); and
(v) other confidential business information. 


    (b) You
further agree that at all times during your employment and at all times after termination of your employment, you will keep in confidence and trust all
proprietary and confidential information, and that you will not use or disclose any proprietary or confidential information or anything related to such information without the written consent of the
Company, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing your duties to the Company. 


    (c) All
property, including, but not limited to, proprietary and confidential information, documents, data, records, apparatus, equipment and other physical property,
whether or not pertaining to proprietary or confidential information, provided to you by the Company or any of its affiliates or produced by you or others in connection with your providing services to
the Company 






 


or any of its affiliates shall be and remain the sole property of the Company or its affiliates (as the case may be) and shall be returned promptly to such appropriate entity as and when requested by
such entity. You shall return and deliver all such property upon termination of your employment, and you may not take any such property or any reproduction of such property upon such termination. 


    (d) You
recognize that the Company and its affiliates have received and in the future will receive information from third parties which is private, proprietary or
confidential information subject to a duty on such entity's part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. You agree that during the term of
your employment, and thereafter, you owe such entities and such third parties a duty to hold all such private, proprietary or confidential information
received from third parties in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it, except as necessary in carrying out your work for such entities consistent with such entities' agreements with such
third parties, and not to use it for the benefit of anyone other than for such entities or such third parties consistent with such entities' agreements with such third parties. 



    (e) Your
obligations under this section shall continue after the termination of your employment, and that any breach of this Section shall be a material breach of this
agreement (the "Agreement"). 




    5.  Representation and Warranty of Employee.  You represent and warrant
to the Company that the performance of your duties will not violate any agreements with or trade secrets of any other person or entity. 


    6.  Employee Benefits.  You may be eligible for various employee benefits
if you meet the applicable participation requirements. These benefits include paid time off ("PTO"), holidays, group medical, dental, vision, term life, and short and long term disability insurance,
participation in a 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan and tuition reimbursement plan. The Company also will provide you with an automobile allowance of $1,000 per month. You will be covered by
workers' compensation insurance and state disability insurance, as required by state law. Although the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates may sponsor a benefit or plan for some employees, it is
not required to do so for all employees, and may exclude certain employees now or in the future from one or more benefits or plans. The Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates may modify, terminate
or amend any benefit or plan in its discretion, retroactively or prospectively, subject only to applicable law. 


    7.  Additional Benefits.  Subject to approval by the Company's
Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee"), you will be granted an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Class A common stock of HNT. Such options
will be granted under the applicable HNT stock option plan, in accordance with and subject to each term of HNT's form of option agreement as modified by the Committee. The Committee will determine the
Stock Option Grant date. You also will be reimbursed up to the amount of $2,500.00 per year for documented costs incurred for your personal financial counseling services. You will also be eligible to
participate in HNT's Executive Incentive Plan (also known as the Management Incentive Plan ("MIP")) in accordance with the terms of the MIP, which provides you with a target opportunity to earn up to
50% of your base salary as additional compensation, according to the terms of the actual plan documents. Your relocation will be covered under the applicable Relocation Benefit Guidelines currently in
effect, a copy of which guidelines is attached. All relocation expenses not deductible under IRS regulations will be "grossed up" for income tax purposes at a rate applicable to your personal federal
and state tax liability. 


    8.  Term of Employment.  Your employment with the Company is
"at-will," which means that either you or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice and without or without Cause (as defined below). Upon
termination of your employment for any reason, in addition to any other payments that may be payable to you hereunder, you (or your beneficiaries or estate) will be paid (in each case to the extent
not theretofore paid) within thirty (30) days following your date of termination (or such shorter period that may be required by applicable 


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law): your annual Base Salary through the date of termination, any compensation previously deferred by you (together with any interest and earnings therein), accrued but unused PTO, reimbursable
expenses incurred by you prior to the termination date and any other compensatory plan, arrangement or program payment to which you may be entitled. 


    9.  Severance Pay.  



    (a) If
your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined below) at any time that is not within two (2) years after a Change in Control (as
defined below) of HNT, you will be entitled to receive, provided you sign a Waiver and Release of Claims substantially in the form attached hereto as  Exhibit A, which is incorporated into this
Agreement by reference, (i) a lump sum cash payment equal to twelve (12) months of your
Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of your termination, and (ii) the premium payments for continuation, under COBRA, of your medical, dental and vision benefits (as maintained
for your benefit immediately prior to the date of your termination) for you and your dependents for a period of twelve (12) months, provided you properly elect to continue those benefits under
COBRA. The lump sum payment referred to above will be paid within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment. 


    (b) If
at any time within two (2) years after a Change in Control (as defined below) of HNT your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or you
terminate your employment for Good Reason (as defined below) (by giving the Company at least fourteen (14) days prior written notice of the effective date of termination), then you will be
entitled to receive, provided you sign a Waiver and Release of Claims substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is
incorporated into this Agreement by reference, (i) a lump sum payment equal to twenty-four (24) months of your Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of your
termination, and (ii) the continuation of your medical, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents for six (6) months following the effective date of your termination and
(iii) the premium payments for continuation, under COBRA, of your medical, dental and vision benefits (maintained for your benefit immediately prior to the date of your termination) for you and
your dependents for a period of eighteen (18) months, provided you properly elect to continue those benefits under COBRA; provided, however, that in the event the Company requests, in writing,
prior to such voluntary termination by you for Good Reason that you continue in the employ of the Company prior to the expiration of such period of time. In the event that your employment is
voluntarily terminated by you at any time (except for Good Reason within two years after a Change in Control of the Company), then you shall not be eligible to receive any payments set forth in this
Section 9). The lump sum payment will be paid within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment. 


    (c) For
purposes of this Agreement, the term Cause shall include, without limitation, (i) an act of dishonesty causing harm to the Company or any of its
affiliates, (ii) the knowing unauthorized disclosure of confidential information relating to the business of the Company or any of its affiliates, (iii) habitual drunkenness or narcotic
drug addiction, (iv) conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, (v) willful refusal to perform or gross neglect of the duties assigned to you, (vi) the
willful breach of any law that, directly or indirectly, affects the Company or any of its affiliates, (vii) a material breach by you following a Change in Control of those duties and
responsibilities of yours that do not differ in any material respect from your duties and responsibilities during the 90-day period immediately
prior to such Change in Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on your part, which is committed in bad faith or
without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company or any of its affiliates and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice
from the Company specifying such breach, or (viii) breach of your obligations hereunder (or under any Company policy) to protect the proprietary and confidential information of the Company or
any of its affiliates. 



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    (d) For purposes of this Agreement Change in Control is defined as any of the following which occurs subsequent to the effective date of your employment: 



     (i) Any
person (as such term is defined under Section 1 3(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. as amended (the "Exchange Act")), corporation or other
entity (other than HNT or any of its subsidiaries, or any employee benefit plan sponsored by HNT or any of its subsidiaries) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of HNT representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of HNT which ordinarily
(and apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) have the right to vote in the election of directors (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of such Rule 13d-3
in the case of rights to acquire HNT's securities) (the "Securities"); 


    (ii) As
a result of a tender offer, merger, sale of assets or other major transaction, the persons who are directors of HNT immediately prior to such transaction cease
to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of HNT (or any successor corporations) immediately after such transaction; 


    (iii) HNT
is merged or consolidated with any other person, firm, corporation or other entity and, as a result, the shareholders of HNT, as determined immediately before
such transaction, own less than eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding Securities of the surviving or resulting entity immediately after such transaction: 


    (iv) A
tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated for the ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Securities of HNT; 



    (v) HNT
transfers substantially all of its assets to another person, firm, corporation or other entity that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of HNT; or 


    (vi) HNT
enters into a management agreement with another person, firm, corporation or other entity that is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of HNT and such management
agreement extends hiring and firing authority over you to an individual or organization other than HNT. 




    (e) For
purposes of this Agreement the term Good Reason means any of the following which occurs subsequent to the effective date of your employment: 



     (i) A
demotion or a substantial reduction in the scope of your position, duties, responsibilities or status with the Company, or any removal of you from or any failure
to reelect you to any of the positions (or functional equivalent of such positions) referred to in the introductory paragraphs hereof, except in connection with the termination of his/her employment
for Disability (as defined below), normal retirement or Cause or by you voluntarily other than for Good Reason; 


    (ii) A
reduction by the Company in your Base Salary or a material reduction in the benefits or perquisites available to you as in effect immediately prior to any such
reduction; 


    (iii) A
relocation of you to a work location more than fifty (50) miles from your work location immediately prior to such proposed relocation; provided that such
proposed relocation results in a materially greater commute for you based on your residence immediately prior to such relocation; or 


    (iv) The
failure of the Company to obtain an assumption agreement from any successor contemplated under Section 16 of this Agreement. 





    10.  Termination by the Company for Cause.  The Company may terminate
your employment for Cause at any time with or without notice. In the event of such termination, you will not be eligible to receive any of the payments set forth in Section 9 above. 


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    11.  Termination due to Death or Disability.  In the event that your
employment is terminated at any time due to death or Disability, you (or your beneficiaries or estate) shall be entitled, to (a) continuation of all medical and dental insurance for a period of
twelve (12) months from the date of termination and (b) a lump sum payment equal to twelve (12) months of your Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the date of your
termination, to be paid within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment, provided in the event of a termination due to Disability, you sign the Waiver and Release of Claims
which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference as Exhibit A. For purposes of this Agreement, a termination for "Disability" shall mean a
termination of your employment due to your absence from your duties with the Company on a full-time basis for at least 180 consecutive days as a result of your incapacity due to physical
or mental illness. 


    12.  Withholding.  All payments required to be made by the Company
hereunder to you or your estate or beneficiaries shall be subject to the withholding of such amounts relating to taxes as the Company may reasonably determine should be withheld pursuant to any
applicable federal, state, local or other law or regulation. 


    13.  Potential Tax Consequences for "Parachute" Payments.  



    13.1  Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement, in the event that (i) any payment or distribution by the Company to or for your
benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person whose actions result
in a Change in Control or any person affiliated with the Company or such person) (all such payments and distributions, including the severance payments and benefits provided for in Section 9
hereof (the "Severance Payments"), being hereinafter called "Total Payments") would be subject (in whole or part) to the excise tax imposed under section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any interest or penalties are incurred by you with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax") and (ii) there are any excess parachute payments (within the meaning of section 280G(b) of the Code), in the aggregate, in respect of such
Total Payments in excess of $50,000, then the Company shall pay to you an additional cash payment (the "Tax Gross-up") so that after receipt of such Tax Gross-up, the payment
of any additional federal, state and local income taxes on such Tax Gross-up amount and the payment of any Excise Taxes, you shall receive such net amount of Total Payments equal to the
amount that you would have received if no Excise Tax was due; provided however that you shall cooperate in good faith with the Company to minimize the
amount of the Excise Tax that may become payable by taking any such action or making any such election as may be reasonably requested by the Company in respect of the Total Payments due to you. 



    13.2  Subject
to the provisions of Section 13.3, all determinations required to be made under this Section 13, including whether and when a
Tax Gross-Up is required and the amount of such Tax Gross-Up and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by the public accounting firm
that, immediately prior to the Change in Control, was HNT's independent auditor (the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and you within fifteen
(15) business days of the receipt of notice from you that you have received Total Payments, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm
shall be borne solely by the Company. Any Tax Gross-Up, as determined pursuant to this Section 13, shall be paid by the Company to you within five (5) days of the receipt of
the Accounting Firm's determination. If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by you, then the Accounting Firm shall furnish to you a written opinion that failure to report the
Excise Tax on your applicable federal income tax return would not result in the imposition of a negligence or similar penalty. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the
Company. As a result of any uncertainty in the application of section 4999 of the Code at the time of the determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Tax
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have been made ("Underpayment"), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 13.3 and you thereafter
are required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company
to you or for your benefit. 


    13.3 You
shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Tax
Gross-Up. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than ten (10) business days after you are informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the
Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. You shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period following the date
on which you give such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies you in writing prior to
the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, you shall: 



    (1) give
the Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such claim, 



    (2) take
such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation,
accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, 


    (3) cooperate
with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and 


    (4) permit
the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; 




provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in
connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto)
imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.3, the Company shall control all proceedings
taken in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of
such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct you to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and you agree to prosecute such contest to a
determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided
further, that if the Company directs you to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to you on an interest-free
basis and shall indemnify and hold you harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to
such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and provided further, that any extension of the statute of limitations
relating to payment of taxes for your taxable year with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore, the Company's control of
the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to
which a Tax Gross-Up would be payable hereunder and you shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other
taxing authority. 



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      13.4  If, after your receipt of an amount advanced by the Company
pursuant to Section 13.3, you become entitled to receive, and receive, any refund with respect to such claim, you shall (subject to the Company's complying with the requirements of
Section 13.3) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after your receipt of an amount
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 13.3, a determination is made that you shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify you in writing
of its intent to contest such denial of refund prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after such determination, then such advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid
and the amount of such advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Tax Gross-Up required to be paid. 


      13.5  At the time that payments are made under this Agreement, the
Company shall provide you with a written statement setting forth the manner in which such payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or
other advice the Company has received from tax counsel, the Auditor or other advisors or consultants (and any such opinions or advice which are in writing shall be attached to the statement). 




    14.  Non-Competition.  



    (a) You
hereby agree that, during (i) the six-month period following a termination of your employment with the Company that entitles you to receive
severance benefits under a written agreement with or policy of the Company or (ii) the twelve-month period following a termination of your employment with the Company that does not entitle you
to receive such severance benefits (the period referred to in either clause (i) or (ii), the "Noncompetition Period"), you shall not undertake any employment or activity (including, but not
limited to, consulting services) with a Competitor (as defined below), either (x) if you are a corporate employee of the Company, in all geographic areas in which the Company or any of its
affiliates operate or (y) if you are employed at the divisional level, in the geographic area in which you performed services for such division (the "Market Area"), where the loyal and complete
fulfillment of the duties of the competitive employment or activity would call upon you to reveal, to make judgments on or otherwise use any confidential business information or trade secrets of the
business of the Company or any of its affiliates to which you had access during your employment with the Company. For purposes of this Section, "Competitor" shall refer to any health maintenance
organization or insurance company that provides managed health care or related services similar to those provided by the Company or any of its affiliates. 


    (b) In
addition, you agree that, during the applicable Noncompetition Period following termination of employment with the Company, you shall not, directly or
indirectly, solicit, interfere with, hire, offer to hire or induce any person, who is or was an employee of the Company or any of its affiliates at the time of such solicitation, interference, hiring,
offering to hire or inducement, to discontinue his/her relationship with the Company or any of its affiliates or to accept employment by, or enter into a business relationship with, you or any other
entity or person. 


    (c) It
is hereby further agreed that if any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the restrictions imposed in this Section are unreasonable (including,
but not limited to, the definition of Market Area or Competitor or the time period during which this provision is applicable), the parties hereto hereby agree to any restrictions that such court would
find to be reasonable under the circumstances. 


    (d) You
also acknowledge that the services to be rendered by you to the Company are of a special and unique character, which gives this Agreement a peculiar value to
the Company or any of its affiliates, the loss of which may not be reasonably or adequately compensated for by damages in an action at law, and that a material breach or threatened breach by you of
any of the provisions contained in this Section will cause the Company or any of its affiliates irreparable injury. You therefore agree that the Company may be entitled, in addition to the remedies
set forth above in this Section and any other right or remedy, to a temporary, preliminary and 



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permanent injunction, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of monetary damages or the posting of any bond or security, enjoining or restraining you from any such violation or threatened
violations. 




    15.  Adjustments to Outstanding Options.  You hereby consent, in
accordance with Section 14 of the Health Net, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1991 Stock Option Plan, Section 6.2 of the Health Net, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan and
Section 6.2 of the Health Net, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan (collectively, the "Plans"), that the Plans, as amended as of December 18, 2000, including amendments to the
Acceleration Provisions of the Plans, shall govern and apply to all of your outstanding options under the Plans, regardless of the date such options were granted. To the extent the option agreements
for your outstanding options under the Plans state anything to the contrary, you agree that such option agreement(s) are hereby amended to be consistent with the foregoing sentence. 



    16.  Successors; Binding Agreement.  



    (a) This
Agreement shall not be terminated by any merger or consolidation of the Company whereby the Company is or is not the surviving or resulting corporation or as a
result of any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. In the event of any such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
upon the surviving or resulting corporation or the person or entity to which such assets are transferred. 


    (b) The
Company agrees that concurrently with any merger, consolidation or transfer of assets referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section, it will cause any
successor or transferee unconditionally to assume, by written instrument delivered to you (or his beneficiary or estate), all of the obligations of the Company hereunder. Failure of the Company to
obtain such assumption prior to the effectiveness of
any such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation and other benefits from the Company in the same amount and on the same
terms as you would be entitled hereunder if your employment were terminated without Cause. For purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such merger, consolidation or transfer
becomes effective shall be deemed the date of termination. 


    (c) This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. If you shall die while any amounts would be payable to you hereunder had you continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to such person or persons appointed in writing by you to receive such amounts or, if no person is so appointed, to your estate. 




    17.  Severability.  If any term of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected and the parties shall use their best efforts to find an alternative way to
achieve the same result. 


    18.  Integrated Agreement.  This Agreement supersedes any prior
agreements, representations or promises of any kind, whether written, oral, express or implied between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matters herein. It constitutes the full, complete
and exclusive agreement between you and the Company with respect to the subject matters herein. This agreement cannot be changed unless in writing, signed by you and the President of the Company. 


    19.  Waiver.  No waiver of any default hereunder shall operate as a
waiver of any subsequent default. Failure by either party to enforce any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, for any length of time or from time to time shall not be deemed to waive or
decrease the rights of such party to insist thereafter upon strict performance by the other party. 


    20.  Notices.  All notices and communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (a) if delivered personally, (b) one (1) day after being sent by Federal Express or a similar commercial overnight service
or (c) three (3) days after being mailed by registered 


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or certified mail, return receipt requested, prepaid and addressed to the following addresses, or at such other addresses as the parties may designate by written notice in the manner aforesaid: 



	If to the Company:	 	Health Net, Inc.

Attn: Karin D. Mayhew

21650 Oxnard Street, 22nd Floor

Woodland Hills, California 91367
	

If to the Employee:	
 	

Timothy Moore

94 Glen Drive

New Canaan, CT 06840





    21.  Governing Law.  The interpretation, construction and
performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principle of conflicts of laws. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions of this Agreement, which other provisions shall remain in full
force and effect. 


    22.  Survival and Enforcement.  Sections 4 and 14 of this Agreement and
any rights and remedies arising out of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in accordance with the respective terms thereof, notwithstanding any termination of this
Agreement or your employment. The parties agree that the Company would be damaged irreparably in the event any provision of Sections 4 or 14 of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its
terms or were otherwise breached and that money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any such nonperformance or breach. Therefore, the Company or its successors or assigns shall be entitled in
addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, to an injunction or injunctions to prevent any breach or threatened breach of any of such provisions and to enforce such provisions
specifically (without posting a bond or other security). 


    23.  Acknowledgement.  You acknowledge that you have had the opportunity
to discuss this matter with and obtain advice from your attorney, have had sufficient time to and have carefully read and fully understood all of the provisions of this Agreement, and you are
knowingly and voluntarily entering into this Agreement. You further acknowledge that you are obligated to become familiar with and comply at all times with all Company policies. 


    In
order to confirm your agreement with and acceptance of these terms, please sign one copy of this letter and return it to me. The other copy is for your records. If there is any
matter in this letter that you wish to discuss further, please do not hesitate to contact to me. 


Sincerely, 


/s/
Karin D. Mayhew

Karin D. Mayhew
 Senior Vice President, Organization Effectiveness


cc:
Cora Tellez 


I
agree to the terms of employment set forth in this letter. 



/s/
Timothy J. Moore
 Employee


Date:
4/2/01 


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