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Investments (Available-for-Sale Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date) (Details) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Carrying Value, Noncurrent $ 6,328,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent $ 4,570,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent
Available for sale securities, Estimated Fair Value 2,520,429,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent 1,791,060,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
Current [Member]    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Due in one year or less, Amortized Cost 56,600,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
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Due after one year through five years, Amortized Cost 599,900,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
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Due after five years through ten years, Amortized Cost 628,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
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Due after ten years, Amortized Cost 513,200,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
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Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost 2,490,857,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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1,777,404,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Due in one year or less, Estimated Fair Value 56,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
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Due after one year through five years, Estimated Fair Value 603,800,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
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Due after five years through ten years, Estimated Fair Value 639,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
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Due after ten years, Estimated Fair Value 523,700,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
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Available for sale securities, Estimated Fair Value 2,520,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
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1,791,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
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Current [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost 692,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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437,200,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Available for sale securities, Estimated Fair Value 696,500,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
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437,900,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent
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Noncurrent [Member]    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Due after one year through five years, Amortized Cost 200,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
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Due after five years through ten years, Amortized Cost 6,400,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
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Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost 7,471,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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5,474,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Carrying Value, Noncurrent 6,300,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent
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4,600,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent
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Due after one year through five years, Estimated Fair Value 200,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
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Due after five years through ten years, Estimated Fair Value 5,500,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
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Noncurrent [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost 800,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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800,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
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Carrying Value, Noncurrent $ 600,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent
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$ 600,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesNoncurrent
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