off the list

To long waits and huge expenses, add the insult of junk mail to your list of injuries if you need to visit the Emergency Room.

A recent trip to St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica resulted in both me and my wife being placed on the hospital’s mailing list.

Now, while the nurses were helpful and compassionate — administering two shots of morphine to silence my raging migraine — little did I realize the headaches that would come later.

Even before I received the final bill, both my wife — who had signed me in — and I received solicitations asking for contributions to the Nurse’s fund.

When contacted, an administrator informed me that I had indeed consented to receiving charitable funding requests — on Page 3 of the 12 page intake form!

It’s enough to make you puke.