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Long-Term Debt | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | NOTE 8 — LONG-TERM DEBT A summary of long-term debt at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, including related interest rates at June 30, 2017, follows (dollars in millions):
|  | June 30, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (effective interest rate of 2.7%) |  | $ | 1,760 |  |  | $ | 2,920 |
Senior secured revolving credit facility |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Senior secured term loan facilities (effective interest rate of 3.6%) |  |  | 3,939 |  |  |  | 3,981 |
Senior secured notes (effective interest rate of 5.4%) |  |  | 15,300 |  |  |  | 13,800 |
Other senior secured debt (effective interest rate of 5.8%) |  |  | 589 |  |  |  | 593 |
Senior secured debt |  |  | 21,588 |  |  |  | 21,294 |
Senior unsecured notes (effective interest rate of 6.5%) |  |  | 10,252 |  |  |  | 10,252 |
Net debt issuance costs |  |  | (179 | ) |  |  | (170 | )
Total debt (average life of 7.3 years, rates averaging 5.4%) |  |  | 31,661 |  |  |  | 31,376 |
Less amounts due within one year |  |  | 213 |  |  |  | 216 |
|  | $ | 31,448 |  |  | $ | 31,160 |
2017 Activity During June 2017, we issued $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior secured notes due 2047. We will use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include funding all or a portion of the purchase price of certain previously announced hospital acquisitions, and the redemption, during the third quarter of 2017, of all $500 million aggregate principal amount of our existing 8.000% senior notes maturing in October 2018. During June 2017, we amended our senior secured revolving credit facilities by (i) increasing the commitments under the senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility to $3.750 billion, (ii) extending the maturity date of the revolving credit commitments to June 28, 2022, (iii) amending the incremental facility provisions to permit the incurrence of additional incremental credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion and (iv) providing that the commitment fee for unutilized commitments under the senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility shall be 0.250% per annum. 2016 Activity During August 2016, we issued $1.200 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.500% senior secured notes due 2027. We used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes and to retire a portion of one of our senior secured term loans. We also entered into a joinder agreement to retire the remaining portion of this senior secured term loan using proceeds from a new $1.200 billion senior secured term loan facility maturing in February 2024. During March 2016, we issued $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior secured notes due 2026. We used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes and to retire a portion of one of our senior secured term loans. We also entered into a joinder agreement to retire the remaining portion of this senior secured term loan using proceeds from a new $1.500 billion senior secured term loan facility maturing in March 2023.

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