570News - Jeff Allan

During the last provincial election I asked Premier McGunity if his government would consider paying for the PSA test for men over fifty under OHIP. He told me that he would discuss it with his staff and consider the idea. A week later his local soldier John Malloy called me to announce publicly on-air that the Premier had decided to approve the plan to have OHIP cover the PSA test. I thought I had actually done something constructive. Less than a month ago I questioned Minister Malloy and asked him when the PSA coverage was going to begin. He talked to me like I was a child that should have known better. He said “things don’t happen overnight Jeff”.  I was disturbed by that, but I assumed we were just weeks away from an announcement, I mean come on, we’re talking about a $30 to $35 dollar test not an MRI machine! I thought the PSA test was doo-able!  Was I ever let down the other day when it was announced that the PSA coverage is years away from being covered!!! I’m disappointed. Now I know what you all mean when you say that the Ontario Liberal Party tends to misrepresent themselves from time to time. This one of those times. I was fooled. I won’t be so gullible next time. From now on I will assume that everything that comes from the Premiers office is untrue and I will act accordingly with my Liberal guests. That’s a promise; unlike the Liberal party of Ontario I will keep mine!

                                                Jeff Allan