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Health Care Costs Payable (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Health Care Benefits Segment [Member] |
Schedule of Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Table Text Block] | The following table shows the components of the change in health care costs payable during the three months ended March 31, 2019:
In millions |  |
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period |  | $ | 6,147 |
Less: Reinsurance recoverables |  | 4 |
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period, net |  | 6,143 |
Add: Components of incurred health care costs |  |
Current year |  | 13,804 |
Prior years |  | (446 | )
Total incurred health care costs (1) |  | 13,358 |
Less: Claims paid |  |
Current year |  | 8,004 |
Prior years |  | 4,812 |
Total claims paid |  | 12,816 |
Add: Premium deficiency reserve |  | 11 |
Health care costs payable, end of period, net |  | 6,696 |
Add: Reinsurance recoverables |  | 5 |
Health care costs payable, end of period |  | $ | 6,701 |
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(1) | Total incurred health care costs during the three months ended March 31, 2019 in the table above exclude (i) $11 million related to a premium deficiency reserve for the 2019 coverage year related to the Company’s Medicaid products, (ii) $10 million of benefit costs recorded in the Health Care Benefits segment that are included in other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet and (iii) $80 million of benefit costs recorded in the Corporate/Other segment that are included in other insurance liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the activity in the reserve for settling insured claims and expenses incurred in the claims settlement process for the period. The estimated liability includes the amount of money that will be required for future payments of (a) claims that have been reported to the insurer, (b) claims related to insured events that have occurred but that have not been reported to the insurer as of the date the liability is estimated, and (c) claim adjustment expenses. Claim adjustment expenses include costs incurred in the claim settlement process such as legal fees; outside adjuster fees; and costs to record, process, and adjust claims. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99382578&loc=d3e14764-158437 + Details
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