Aetna Announces Appearance at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference

Business Wire, May 3, 2004

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2004

Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Ronald A. Williams, president of Aetna, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on May 7, 2004, in Miami, Fla.

Aetna's presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. Investors, analysts and the general public are invited to listen to this presentation over the Internet via Aetna's Investor Information link at www.aetna.com. To listen to this presentation live on the Internet, visit Aetna's web site prior to the presentation to download and install any necessary audio software. A webcast replay will be available via Aetna's Investor Information link at www.aetna.com, beginning approximately two hours after the event, for 14 days.

Anyone listening to the Aetna presentation is encouraged to read Aetna's 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K and 2004 First Quarter Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for a discussion of Aetna's historical results of operations and financial condition. Information reconciling certain financial and other measures that may be disclosed in the presentation to relevant GAAP measures is available in the Aetna first quarter 2004 Financial Supplement, press release and Guidance Summary available via the Aetna Investor Information link.

Aetna is one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, serving approximately 13.3 million medical members, 11.2 million dental members, 8.1 million pharmacy members and 12.4 million group insurance customers, as of March 31, 2004. The company has extensive nationwide networks of more than 618,000 health care services providers, including over 370,000 primary care and specialist physicians and 3,783 hospitals. For more information about Aetna, please visit the company's web site at www.aetna.com.