That’s also welcome news relative to the historic trend, but it’s also prudent to calculate the total annual healthcare spending.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro/2014/02/02/annual-u-s-healthcare-spending-hits-3-8-trillion/

That’s also welcome news relative to the historic trend, but it’s also prudent to calculate the total annual healthcare spending because it’s (arguably) the more important of the two metrics (growth rate versus total annual spending).