Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Debt

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Debt Extinguishment Fees

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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Reflects the difference between the fair value of payments made to legally extinguish a debt and its carrying value at that time. This item excludes the write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance costs.

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Amount after tax, before reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss).

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The net cash outflow or inflow from derivative instruments during the period, which are classified as financing activities, excluding those designated as hedging instruments.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements - Long-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 21, 2020	Aug. 15, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 16, 2020	Nov. 28, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt	$ 3,970,000,000	$ 3,460,000,000					$ 3,950,000,000	$ 1,990,000,000
Proceeds from derivative instruments						$ 25,000,000	7,000,000	7,000,000	$ 25,000,000	$ (446,000,000)
Loss on net cash flow hedges						$ 18,000,000	5,000,000
Premium paid in excess of debt principal			$ 619,000,000	$ 706,000,000	$ 76,000,000
Gain on write off of unamortized deferred financing premiums			(45,000,000)	(47,000,000)	(5,000,000)
Debt extinguishment fees			10,000,000	13,000,000	8,000,000
Loss on early extinguishment of debt			674,000,000	766,000,000	79,000,000			1,440,000,000	79,000,000	$ 0
Amount outstanding			64,235,000,000					64,235,000,000
Senior Notes \| 1.3% senior notes due August 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount	1,500,000,000		$ 750,000,000					$ 750,000,000			$ 750,000,000
Debt interest rate			1.30%					1.30%			1.30%
Senior Notes \| 1.875%, senior notes due February 2031
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount			$ 1,250,000,000					$ 1,250,000,000
Debt interest rate			1.875%					1.875%
Senior Notes \| 1.75% senior notes due August 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount	$ 1,250,000,000
Debt interest rate	1.75%
Senior Notes \| 2.7% senior notes due August 2040
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount	$ 1,250,000,000
Debt interest rate	2.70%
Senior Notes \| 3.625% senior notes due April 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount							$ 750,000,000
Debt interest rate							3.625%
Senior Notes \| 3.75% senior notes due April 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount							$ 1,500,000,000
Debt interest rate							3.75%
Senior Notes \| 4.125% senior notes due April 2040
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount							$ 1,000,000,000.0
Debt interest rate							4.125%
Senior Notes \| 4.25% senior notes due April 2050
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount							$ 750,000,000
Debt interest rate							4.25%
Senior Notes \| 2.625% senior notes due August 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount		$ 1,000,000,000.0
Debt interest rate		2.625%	2.625%					2.625%
Amount outstanding			$ 1,000,000,000					$ 1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Senior Notes \| 3% senior notes due August 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount		$ 750,000,000
Debt interest rate		3.00%	3.00%					3.00%
Amount outstanding			$ 750,000,000					$ 750,000,000	750,000,000
Senior Notes \| 3.25% senior notes due August 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount		$ 1,750,000,000
Debt interest rate		3.25%	3.25%					3.25%
Amount outstanding			$ 1,750,000,000					$ 1,750,000,000	1,750,000,000
Senior Notes \| Outstanding Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished			$ 4,500,000,000	$ 6,000,000,000.0	$ 4,000,000,000.0
Senior Notes \| 4% senior notes due December 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			4.00%	4.00%				4.00%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished			$ 113,000,000	$ 723,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 414,000,000					$ 414,000,000	1,250,000,000
Senior Notes \| 3.7% senior notes due March 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			3.70%	3.70%				3.70%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished			$ 1,400,000,000	$ 2,300,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 2,336,000,000					$ 2,336,000,000	6,000,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.1% senior notes due March 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			4.10%	4.10%				4.10%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished			$ 1,000,000,000.0	$ 3,000,000,000.0
Amount outstanding			$ 950,000,000					$ 950,000,000	5,000,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.3% senior notes due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			4.30%					4.30%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished			$ 2,000,000,000.0
Senior Notes \| 3.125% senior notes due March 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			3.125%		3.125%			3.125%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished					$ 1,300,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 0					$ 0	723,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.125% senior notes due May 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			4.125%		4.125%			4.125%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished					$ 328,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 222,000,000					$ 222,000,000	222,000,000
Senior Notes \| 4.125% senior notes due June 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			4.125%		4.125%			4.125%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished					$ 297,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 203,000,000					$ 203,000,000	203,000,000
Senior Notes \| 5.45% senior notes due June 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			5.45%		5.45%			5.45%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished					$ 413,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 187,000,000					$ 187,000,000	187,000,000
Senior Notes \| 3.35% senior notes due March 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			3.35%		3.35%			3.35%
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished					$ 962,000,000
Amount outstanding			$ 2,038,000,000					$ 2,038,000,000	$ 2,038,000,000
Notes Payable \| Floating rate notes due March 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate									2.515%
Amount outstanding			$ 0					$ 0	$ 277,000,000
Floating Rate Notes \| Floating rate notes due March 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal of debt extinguished					$ 723,000,000
Aetna Inc.
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Assumed debt												$ 8,098,000,000