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Employee Benefits - Cash Flows (Details) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Retirement Plans |
Information about the expected cash flows for retirement and post-retirement plans and impact of the Medicare subsidy |
2020, Net payments | $ 63
2021, Net payments | 66
2022, Net payments | 69
2023, Net payments | 72
2024, Net payments | 75
2025-2029, Net payments | 413
Postretirement Plans |
Information about the expected cash flows for retirement and post-retirement plans and impact of the Medicare subsidy |
2020, Gross payments | 7
2021, Gross payments | 6
2022, Gross payments | 6
2023, Gross payments | 5
2024, Gross payments | 5
2025-2029, Gross payments | 17
2020, Retiree Contributions | (2)
2021, Retiree Contributions | (2)
2022, Retiree Contributions | (2)
2023, Retiree Contributions | (1)
2024, Retiree Contributions | (1)
2025-2029, Retiree Contributions | (6)
2020, Medicare subsidy (less than $1 million) | 0
2021, Medicare subsidy (less than $1 million) | 0
2022, Medicare subsidy (less than $1 million) | 0
2023, Medicare subsidy (less than $1 million) | 0
2024, Medicare subsidy (less than $1 million) | 0
2025-2029, Medicare subsidy (less than $1 million) | 0
2020, Net payments | 5
2021, Net payments | 4
2022, Net payments | 4
2023, Net payments | 4
2024, Net payments | 4
2025-2029, Net payments | 11
Medicare subsidy, expected payments for all years (less than) | $ 1

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