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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

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

(in millions)						December 31, 2022						December 31, 2021
Land and improvements						$	697					$	502
Buildings and improvements						5,519						4,882
Computer equipment						2,093						1,851
Furniture and fixtures						2,113						2,014
Less accumulated depreciation						(4,499)						(3,857)
Property and equipment, net						5,923						5,392
Capitalized software						6,636						5,712
Less accumulated amortization						(2,431)						(2,135)
Capitalized software, net						4,205						3,577
Total property, equipment and capitalized software, net						$	10,128					$	8,969

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, 2022 and 2021:

(in millions)						2022						2021
Redeemable noncontrolling interests, beginning of period						$	1,434					$	2,211
Net earnings						113						87
Acquisitions						3,108						28
Redemptions						(176)						(1,338)
Distributions						(82)						(255)
Fair value and other adjustments						500						701
Redeemable noncontrolling interests, end of period						$	4,897					$	1,434

Useful Life [Member]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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