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Basis of Presentation, Uses of Estimates and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

A summary of property, equipment and capitalized software is as follows:

(in millions)						December 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
Land and improvements						$	533					$	589
Buildings and improvements						4,759						4,705
Computer equipment						1,767						2,015
Furniture and fixtures						1,787						1,752
Less accumulated depreciation						(3,364)						(3,328)
Property and equipment, net						5,482						5,733
Capitalized software						5,010						4,638
Less accumulated amortization						(1,866)						(1,667)
Capitalized software, net						3,144						2,971
Total property, equipment and capitalized software, net						$	8,626					$	8,704

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Table Text Block]

The following table provides details of the Company's redeemable noncontrolling interests’ activity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:

(in millions)						2020						2019
Redeemable noncontrolling interests, beginning of period						$	1,726					$	1,908
Net earnings						112						115
Acquisitions						321						90
Redemptions						—						(618)
Distributions						(149)						(69)
Fair value and other adjustments						201						300
Redeemable noncontrolling interests, end of period						$	2,211					$	1,726

Useful Life [Member]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

The Company calculates depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The useful lives for property, equipment and capitalized software are:

Furniture, fixtures and equipment			3 to 10 years
Buildings			35 to 40 years
Capitalized software			3 to 5 years

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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