Social Security
                  Administration
         Medicare
                  Prescription Drug Assistance
         Notice of
                  Appeal Dismissal
          
          
                                                                          SDS return address
                                                                          Date: November 23,
            2005
         
                                                                          Social Security Number:
            123-00-6789
         
          
          
         JOHN Q. PUBLIC
         123 MAIN ST
         SPRINGFIELD OH 45501
          
          
         This is about your request for review of your Application for Help with Medicare Prescription
            Drug Plan Costs determination dated October 12, 2005.
         
          
         We Have Denied your Request for Review
          
         (Reason for dismissal)
         
          
         This Decision Is Final
          
         This decision is our final decision, and it is not subject to any further administrative
            review by us.
         
          
         If You Disagree With The Dismissal
          
         We may vacate a dismissal of your request for administrative review, if within 60
            days after you receive this notice, you request that the dismissal be vacated and
            show good cause why the request should not be dismissed.
         
          
         How To Sign Up For A Medicare Prescription
               Drug Plan
          
         You do not need to receive this extra help paying for the costs related to your Medicare
            prescription drug plan in order to be eligible to enroll in a Medicare prescription
            drug plan or Medicare Advantage drug plan. You can enroll beginning November 15, 2005.
            For more information about the prescription drug plans available in your area, go
            to 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.
         
          
         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
            Reviewer