Exhibit
99.1
For Immediate
Release
Contact
Investor Relations
For The Amacore
Group, Inc.
813-289-5552
The Amacore Group And
CAREINGTON International
Enter Into Strategic
Joint Marketing Agreement
-- Companies To Offer Best In
Class Healthcare Plans --
Tampa,
FL (June 2005) - The Amacore Group, Inc., (OTC
BB:ACGI), formerly
known as Eye Care International, Inc., the nation’s premier
provider of discount vision plans and CAREINGTON
International , a leader and innovator in discount dental
care and discount health care programs with more than five million
members, have entered into a joint marketing partnership. The
relationship, announced jointly by Amacore CEO Clark Marcus and
CAREINGTON Senior Vice President Chuck Misasi, creates a powerful
suite of discounted health care services and plans that will offer
significant appeal to employers, families and individuals
nationwide, according to the companies.
Through the
agreement, Amacore and CAREINGTON have entered into a relationship
wherein each party will be able to offer their quality services and
discounted vision and dental health plans to select current clients
as well as new customers. For Amacore, its customers will now be
able to purchase CAREINGTON’s high quality discount dental
and healthcare benefits programs on the market today, while
Careington will now have access to Amacore’s best-in-class
vision plan. This includes the largest vision network with provider
locations nationwide, and is the only nationwide discount vision
plan that provides service from ophthalmologists, including
discounts on surgical procedures such as LASIK Vision
Correction.
“This
partnership clearly validates our goal to offer the most
comprehensive and cost-effective discounted healthcare solutions
for families and company benefit programs in America,” says
Clark Marcus. “Our relationship creates a powerful marketing
team that now provides the highest quality and affordable vision,
dental and health plans nationwide, offering current and
new
