Aetna Announces Appearance at Merrill Lynch Health Services Investor Conference

Business Wire, Nov 23, 2004

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Ronald A. Williams, president of Aetna, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Merrill Lynch Health Services Investor Conference on November 30, 2004, in New York, NY.

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 and to access the presentation slides 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 Form 10-Qs, 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 third quarter 2004 Financial Supplement, press release and Guidance Summary available via the Aetna Investor Information link.

As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 13.6 million medical members, 11.6 million dental members, 8.3 million pharmacy members and 13.3 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 646,000 health care professionals, including over 385,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 3,908 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of September 30, 2004)