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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Consideration, Contingent Consideration, Range of Outcomes, Value High

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) On Disposal, Net Of Tax

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures -Divestiture (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 13, 2023	Jan. 20, 2023	Apr. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on divestiture						$ 172	$ 0
Impairment charge				$ 18	$ 1,450	$ 38	$ 1,450
Centurion \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on divestiture				15
Magellan Specialty Health \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on divestiture		$ 79
Consideration received on divestiture		646
Proceeds from sale of business			$ 245
Contingent consideration on disposal (up to)		$ 150
Spanish and Central European Businesses \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on divestiture				$ 13
Impairment charge								$ (163)
Impairment charge, net of tax								$ (140)
Apixio \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposal	$ 91
Gain on disposal, net of tax	$ 63