(Bloomberg) -- Mid-level Obamacare health policies are going to be more expensive next year, a challenge for the administration as it seeks to boost enrollment.

Premiums for the second-lowest-cost silver plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are going up by an average of 7.5 percent next year in the 37 states that use a U.S.-run website, the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday.

Last year, those plans got 2 percent more expensive on average in 35 states.

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