(Bloomberg) -- Premiums for the most popular type of insurance plans sold through Obamacare’s marketplaces will rise faster in 2017 than in recent years, according to a study released Wednesday.

Consumer payments for the two lowest-cost “silver” plans will rise by an average of 10 percent to 11 percent next year, according to the study from the Kaiser Family Foundation that analyzed information from 14 major U.S. cities. Silver plans are selected by about 68 percent of Affordable Care Act enrollees, according to the study, and annual increases in the same plans had averaged about 5 percent.

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