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.
THE ZAMBEZI RIVER. The Bundu people of Zambia believe the Zambezi River has a spirit called Nyami Nyami. This spirit brings them water to grow crops and fish to eat so they call the river the river of life. The Zambezi originates in Northwestern Zambia, formerly Rhodesia, and flows through Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and finally to Mozambique. Here it empties into the Indian Ocean 1600 miles from its headwaters. The climate along the river is considered tropical and the rainy season lasts from October through April.