INCOME TAXES - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (DETAILS) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2009
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) resulted in adjustment to deferred tax asset	$ 152,000,000
Tax benefits credited to shareholders' equity		510,000,000	5,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, accrued interest		475,000,000	622,000,000	636,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, accrued penalties		80,000,000	89,000,000	100,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, recognized interest		(197,000,000)	38,000,000	119,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, recognized penalties		(16,000,000)	(8,000,000)	(4,000,000)
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries		35,000,000,000
Liability for unrecognized tax benefit that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate		1,424,000,000
Net operating loss carryforwards		2,663,000,000	1,875,000,000
Net Operating Loss, Expiring Within 20 Years
Net operating loss carryforwards		1,019,000,000
Net Operating Loss, Indefinite Life
Net operating loss carryforwards		$ 1,644,000,000

The sum of the tax effect during the period that are a result of the enacted tax laws for Medicare prescription drug benefits.

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The amount as of the balance sheet date of the estimated future tax effects attributable to undistributed earnings of subsidiaries and other recognized entities in countries outside the country of domicile which will increase future taxable income when such earnings are distributed into the country of domicile.

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The sum of the tax effects of all items occurring during the period that have been charged or credited directly to other comprehensive income or to related components of shareholders' equity.

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The sum of domestic, foreign and state and local operating loss carryforwards, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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This element represents the amount of statutory penalties accrued as of the date of the statement of financial position for a tax position claimed or expected to be claimed by the entity, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties.

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This element represents the recognized expense for the amount of statutory penalties in the period in which the entity claims or expects to claim a tax position, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties or, if not recognizing the expense in the period in which the tax return was initially filed, the expense shall be recognized in the period in which the enterprise's judgment about meeting the minimum statutory threshold changes.

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This element represents the amount of interest expense accrued as of the date of the statement of financial position for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity.

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This element represents interest expense recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity.

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The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.

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