For the next 80 days, the patient is personally responsible for a daily copayment, and Medicare pays the rest of covered costs. In 2013, the copayment amount is $148; the amount goes up each year. After 100 days in any benefit period, you are on your own as far as Medicare Part A hospital insurance is concerned.
The Lumbee tribe has mixed origins. Coastal North Carolina was originally the home of Algonquian Indian bands (Pamlico, Hatteras, or Croatan,) Siouan Indian bands (Cheraw and Catawba,) and Tuscarora groups. But many Indians of the east coast died from smallpox and other European diseases after colonists first arrived.
Analysis & Themes. Esperanza, Rachel, and Lucy all pray for themselves â they think they are going to hell because they made fun of Esperanzaâs Aunt Lupe. Aunt Lupe was beautiful and a good swimmer in her youth, but she has been an invalid all of Esperanzaâs life.Esperanza wonders when the curse of her sickness fell upon Aunt Lupe.upe told Esperanza that she must keep writing, as it will keep her free. Esperanza returns to describing the game, and she reveals that Aunt Lupe died on the same day that they imitated her. Lupe is the first person to connect Esperanzaâs love of writing with her desire to escape Mango Street.