Emergency room co-payment fees for those covered in the state employee health insurance program will increase by 50 percent next year, the Group Insurance Board decided Tuesday.
Those in the program now have a $40 co-pay fee; it will increase to $60 in 2006. The fees are waived if a person is admitted to a hospital, the board was told. Many plans in the private sector now have a $75 co-pay fee for emergency room use, according to the Department of Employee Trust Funds.