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Note 12. Share-based Compensation (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant     377,286us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member | Employee Stock Option          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross     0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Description and Terms In May 2014, option agreements affecting 15 employees were modified to extend the expirations of their terms from 2015 to 2017 and as a result, the Company recorded incremental compensation costs of $405,000. In March 2013, option agreements affecting 5 employees were modified to extend the expiration term 5 years. The incremental cost of the modified awards was $618,000, which is being recognized over the new 2-year vesting period starting from the date of the modification.      
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options       $ 430us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value       243us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Tax Benefit Realized from Exercise of Stock Options       85us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period     5 years    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period     3 years    
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Stock Options     55us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions
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Employee Service Share-Based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized, Period For Recognition 1     2 months 16 days    
Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member | Modified Stock Option Awards          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Number of Employees Affected 15us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPlanModificationNumberOfEmployeesAffected
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= fil_ModifiedStockOptionAwardsMember
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5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPlanModificationNumberOfEmployeesAffected
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Plan Modification, Incremental Compensation Cost 405us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPlanModificationIncrementalCompensationCost
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= fil_ModifiedStockOptionAwardsMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
618us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPlanModificationIncrementalCompensationCost
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= fil_ModifiedStockOptionAwardsMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
     
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period   5 years      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period   2 years      
Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period     3 years    
Employee Service Share-Based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized, Period For Recognition 1     1 year 9 months 18 days    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period     7,425us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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7,425us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
7,425us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value     $ 13.27us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
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$ 11.66us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
9.39us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value     103us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
69us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
40us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Share-based Awards Other than Options     131us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedShareBasedAwardsOtherThanOptions
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
   
Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member | Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period     3 years    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number     136,850us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
251,800us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
 
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Exercised     112,200us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsExercised
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
14,850us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsExercised
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
13,750us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsExercised
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Share-based Liabilities Paid     529us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsShareBasedLiabilitiesPaid
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
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74us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsShareBasedLiabilitiesPaid
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
33us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsShareBasedLiabilitiesPaid
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Forfeitures     2,750us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsForfeitures
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
3,300us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsForfeitures
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2,750us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsForfeitures
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Granted         56,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsGranted
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= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member | Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) | Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities          
Deferred Compensation Share-based Arrangements, Liability, Current and Noncurrent     791us-gaap_DeferredCompensationSharebasedArrangementsLiabilityCurrentAndNoncurrent
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1,307us-gaap_DeferredCompensationSharebasedArrangementsLiabilityCurrentAndNoncurrent
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
 
Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member | Performance Shares          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Share-based Liabilities Paid       83us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsShareBasedLiabilitiesPaid
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= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
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57us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsShareBasedLiabilitiesPaid
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= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
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= fil_IndependenceHoldingCompanyShareBasedPlansTotalMember
American Independence Corp Share Based Plans Total Member          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant     6,490,553us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= fil_AmericanIndependenceCorpShareBasedPlansTotalMember
   
American Independence Corp Share Based Plans Total Member | Employee Stock Option          
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross     13,334us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
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= fil_AmericanIndependenceCorpShareBasedPlansTotalMember
  0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options     33us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationCashReceivedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value     38us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
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= fil_AmericanIndependenceCorpShareBasedPlansTotalMember
   
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period     4 years    
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Stock Options     $ 83us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value     $ 5.70us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 4.04us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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= fil_AmericanIndependenceCorpShareBasedPlansTotalMember
 
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period     6,667us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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