Medicare levy, 'geographical discrimination' impacts Eyre Peninsula residents

Deputy Chair of AMA SA's branch, Dr John Williams, says they have been “endlessly” batting for the government to increase the Medicare rebate. (ABC Eyre Peninsula: Bernadette Clarke)

A 110-kilometre stretch of road on the wild west coast of South Australia is the determining factor in why some Eyre Peninsula residents are paying four times more in medical fees than others, stakeholders say. 

For a region that reels in 82 per cent of Australia's seafood product (exporting $129 million) and produces 40 per cent of the state's crop, residents feel forgotten.