Social Security
                  Administration
         Medicare
                  Prescription Drug Assistance
         Acknowledgment
                  Notice
          
                                                                                              
            SDS return address
         
                                                                                            Date: November 23, 2005
         
                                                                                               Social
            Security Number: 123-00-6789
         
          
          
         JOHN Q. PUBLIC
         123 MAIN ST
         SPRINGFIELD OH 45501
          
          
          
          
         We have received your request for a hearing by telephone of your Application for Help
            with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs. We will send you another notice giving
            you the time and date of your hearing.
         
          
         Providing Additional Information
          
         If there is more information you want us to see, please send it to us within 10 days
            from the date of this notice. You can mail the information to Social Security Administration,
            (address
               to be determined) or you can call us at (special
               800#). If you need help, you should contact us immediately.
         
          
         You May See The Information In Your File
          
         If you wish to see the information in your file, you may do so before the date of
            the review of your case. If you wish to review the file, please call us toll-free
            at (phone number of SAU).
         
          
         If You Have Any Questions
          
         For information about Medicare prescription drug plans or other Medicare issues, visit
            www.medicare.gov on the Internet or call toll-free 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). If you are deaf
            or hard of hearing, you may call the Medicare TTY number toll-free at 1-877-486-2048.
         
          
         For information about the extra help with the costs related to Medicare prescription
            drug plans or general information about Social Security, visit our website at www.socialsecurity.gov on the Internet. You may also call Social Security toll-free at 1-800-772-1213. If
            you are deaf or hard of hearing, you may call our TTY number toll-free at 1-800-325-0778.
            We can answer most questions by phone.
         
          
         If you do call, please have this letter with you. It will help us answer your questions.
          
          
          
         Subsidy Determination Unit Manager