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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

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

(in millions)						December 31, 2024						December 31, 2023
Land and improvements						$	364					$	712
Buildings and improvements						4,215						5,573
Computer equipment						2,267						2,007
Furniture and fixtures						1,694						2,375
Less accumulated depreciation						(3,645)						(4,210)
Property and equipment, net						4,895						6,457
Capitalized software						8,984						7,822
Less accumulated amortization						(3,326)						(2,829)
Capitalized software, net						5,658						4,993
Total property, equipment and capitalized software, net						$	10,553					$	11,450

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, 2024 and 2023:

(in millions)						2024						2023
Redeemable noncontrolling interests, beginning of period						$	4,498					$	4,897
Net earnings						174						188
Acquisitions						33						122
Redemptions						(280)						(730)
Distributions						(125)						(144)
Fair value and other adjustments						23						165
Redeemable noncontrolling interests, end of period						$	4,323					$	4,498

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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 360
-Publisher FASB
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