On December 8, 2003, President Bush signed into law H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173). You can find information about this law at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_121103.html.

For assistance in selecting a plan and enrolling, go the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder, a Web site of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).