Estimated Liability for New York Opioid Stewardship Act

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Investment spending at the Corporate level. Investment spending generally includes the first year spend for certain projects that require incremental investments in the form of additional operating expenses.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Segment Information (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Segment Information (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Loss Related to Litigation Settlement	$ 61		$ 15	$ 113	$ 1,085
Project costs on investment and other spending	20		4	$ 38	15
Number of reportable segments \| segment				2
Number of operating segments \| segment				2
Goodwill, Impairment Loss				$ 1,781
Number of operating segments \| segment				2
Number of reportable segments \| segment				2
Project costs on investment and other spending	20		$ 4	$ 38	15
Medical Unit
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 474	$ 1,300		1,800
Medical
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss				$ 1,781
New York Opioid Stewardship Act [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Estimated Liability for New York Opioid Stewardship Act					41
Total Opioid Litigation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Expense					$ 1,020