LONG-TERM DEBT - Facility Narrative (Details 3) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended											12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 11, 2012 Medicis	Dec. 31, 2012 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 11, 2012 Incremental Term Loan B Medicis	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving credit facility	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan A Facility	Sep. 17, 2013 Series D-1 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Feb. 21, 2013 Series D-1 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 Series D-1 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Feb. 21, 2013 Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Sep. 02, 2012 Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility Medicis	Dec. 31, 2013 Series A-1 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 Series A-1 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Series D and Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Series A-2 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Sep. 17, 2013 Series C-1 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Series D-2 and Series C-2, Tranche B, Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 Series D-2 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Series D-2 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Series A-3 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Feb. 06, 2014 Series A-3 Tranche A Term Loan Facility Subsequent event	Dec. 31, 2013 Series E Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Feb. 06, 2014 Series E Tranche B Term Loan Facility Subsequent event	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Credit Facilities	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Revolving credit facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-1 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Jan. 24, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-1 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Jan. 24, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-1 Tranche A Term Loan Facility Base rate	Jan. 24, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-1 Tranche A Term Loan Facility LIBO	Jan. 24, 2013 Senior Notes New Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A Facility	Feb. 21, 2013 Senior Notes Series D and Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Mar. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series D and Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Feb. 21, 2013 Senior Notes Series D and Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility Base rate	Feb. 21, 2013 Senior Notes Series D and Series C Tranche B Term Loan Facility LIBO	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Amended Revolving Credit Facility	Jul. 15, 2013 Senior Notes Amended Revolving Credit Facility	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Incremental Term Loan Facilities	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-2 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-2 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-2 Tranche A Term Loan Facility Base rate	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-2 Tranche A Term Loan Facility LIBO	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Tranche B term loans, maturing August 2020	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Tranche B term loans, maturing August 2020	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Tranche B term loans, maturing August 2020 Base rate	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Tranche B term loans, maturing August 2020 LIBO	Jun. 27, 2013 Senior Notes Repriced Term Loan B Facility and Repriced Incremental Term Loan B Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series D-2 and Series C-2, Tranche B, Term Loan Facility	Sep. 17, 2013 Senior Notes Series D-2 and Series C-2, Tranche B, Term Loan Facility Base rate	Feb. 21, 2013 Senior Notes Series D-2 and Series C-2, Tranche B, Term Loan Facility Base rate	Sep. 17, 2013 Senior Notes Series D-2 and Series C-2, Tranche B, Term Loan Facility LIBO	Feb. 21, 2013 Senior Notes Series D-2 and Series C-2, Tranche B, Term Loan Facility LIBO	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series D-2 Tranche B Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series C-2 Tranche B, Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-3 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Dec. 20, 2013 Senior Notes Series A-3 Tranche A Term Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes Series E Tranche B Term Loan Facility
Long-term debt, net of unamortized debt discount [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 17,367,702,000	$ 11,015,625,000		$ 778,000,000											$ 258,985,000	$ 2,083,462,000		$ 228,145,000			$ 1,275,167,000	$ 1,256,704,000	$ 1,935,713,000		$ 3,090,506,000
Total fair value of long-term debt	18,375,289,000	11,691,338,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	65,014,000	20,080,000	36,844,000		17,600,000												21,379,000				17,625,000														21,400,000
Amount borrowed						1,000,000,000																		225,600,000
Maximum borrowing capacity							450,000,000.0	2,225,000,000.000	1,287,000,000.0	1,300,000,000.0	1,300,000,000.0	1,000,000,000.0	1,000,000,000.0	1,000,000,000.0					990,000,000.0																				1,000,000,000.0
Interest rate margin (as a percent)																															1.75%	2.75%											1.25%	2.25%			2.75%	3.75%
Reduction in applicable margins (as a percent)																																	0.75%
Effective rate (as a percent)																														2.46%						1.75%	2.75%	2.40%			2.43%				4.50%				0.875%	3.87%		2.00%		3.00%			2.42%
Principal reduction																													106,300,000												42,500,000				8,000,000										3,300,000	2,500,000	25,000,000
Variable rate floor (as a percent)																																				1.75%	0.75%										1.75%	0.75%			1.75%		0.75%
Quarterly amortization of credit facilities, initial rate (as a percent)																																		1.00%
Prepayment premium paid																																				23,000,000
Prepayment premium rate (as a percent)																				1.00%					1.00%	1.00%								1.00%
Increase in amount of commitments under credit facility																																							550,000,000.0																			33,000,000
Aggregate principal amount																																								$ 4,050,000,000.0		$ 850,000,000.0				$ 3,200,000,000.0
Annual amortization of credit facilities commencing after initial term (as a percent)																													5.00%												10.00%																5.00%
Annual amortization of credit facilities commencing after 2nd term (as a percent)																													10.00%												22.00%																10.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Annual Amortization Percentage, After Closing																													25.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Annual Amortization Percentage, After Third Term																																																									20.00%
Quarterly amortization of term loan facility, annual rate (as a percent)																																																							1.00%	1.00%			1.00%
Commitment fee, unutilized commitments, percentage																												0.50%
Percentage of cash proceeds from asset sales outside the ordinary course of business payable as mandatory prepayments																											100.00%
Percentage of net cash proceeds of insurance and condemnation proceeds for property or asset losses																											100.00%
Percentage of cash proceeds from issuance of equity securities payable as mandatory prepayments																											50.00%
Percentage of cash proceeds from incurrence of debt																											100.00%
Percentage of annual excess cash flow																											50.00%
Percentage of capital stock of the entity and domestic subsidiaries pledged as collateral for borrowings																											100.00%
Percentage of capital stock of foreign subsidiaries pledged as collateral for borrowings																											65.00%