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Equity method investment, additional 31.8 percentage agreed on

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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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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Oct. 07, 2021
Investment [Line Items]
Payment, including deposit, for Huatai Group Interest			$ 1,184	$ 1,623	$ 580
Payment, including deposit, for Huatai Group Interest			1,184	1,623	$ 580
Deposit Assets			$ 101	$ 107
Cigna's Life Insurance Business in Asia-Pacific Markets [Member] \| Asia Pacific and Far East [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityExpectedCashConsideration						$ 5,750
Huatai Group [Member] \| CHINA
Investment [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage			47.00%	47.00%
Equity method investment, additional 31.8 percentage agreed on			31.80%
Purchase of incremental ownership interest			$ 2,200
Deposits Assets			$ 1,100
Payment to acquire additional ownership interest in equity method investment				$ 500
Equity method investment, additional 7.1 percent agreed on			7.10%
Huatai Group [Member] \| CHINA \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Payment to acquire additional ownership interest in equity method investment	$ 113
Equity method investment, additional 7.1 percentage obtained		38.70%
Huatai Group [Member] \| CHINA \| Direct Ownership [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage			47.30%