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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of income tax expense (benefit) | The income tax provision (benefit) for continuing operations consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
In millions | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 2,450 |  |  | $ | 1,480 |  |  | $ | 2,594 |
State | 565 |  |  | 499 |  |  | 464 |
| 3,015 |  |  | 1,979 |  |  | 3,058 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (535 | ) |  | 22 |  |  | (1,435 | )
State | (114 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | 14 |
| (649 | ) |  | 23 |  |  | (1,421 | )
Total | $ | 2,366 |  |  | $ | 2,002 |  |  | $ | 1,637 |
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation | The following table is a reconciliation of the statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit | 4.0 |  |  | 27.7 |  |  | 4.1 |
Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | — |  |  | (7.1 | ) |  | (18.3 | )
Health insurer fee | — |  |  | 2.2 |  |  | — |
Goodwill impairments | — |  |  | 89.5 |  |  | 0.8 |
Sale of subsidiary | — |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | — |
Other | 1.3 |  |  | 4.1 |  |  | (1.8 | )
Effective income tax rate | 26.3 | % |  | 142.4 | % |  | 19.8 | %
Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities | The following table is a summary of the components of the Company’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:
In millions | 2019 |  | 2018
Deferred income tax assets: |  |  |
Lease and rents | $ | 267 |  |  | $ | 277 |
Inventory | 23 |  |  | 28 |
Employee benefits | 191 |  |  | 243 |
Bad debts and other allowances | 294 |  |  | 243 |
Retirement benefits | 47 |  |  | 130 |
Net operating loss and capital loss carryforwards | 480 |  |  | 529 |
Deferred income | 36 |  |  | 104 |
Insurance reserves | 430 |  |  | 467 |
Investments | — |  |  | 11 |
Other | 451 |  |  | 242 |
Valuation allowance | (374 | ) |  | (520 | )
Total deferred income tax assets | 1,845 |  |  | 1,754 |
Deferred income tax liabilities: |  |  |
Investments | (289 | ) |  | — |
Depreciation and amortization | (8,850 | ) |  | (9,431 | )
Total deferred income tax liabilities | (9,139 | ) |  | (9,431 | )
Net deferred income tax liabilities | $ | (7,294 | ) |  | $ | (7,677 | )
Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits roll forward | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:
In millions | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Beginning balance | $ | 661 |  |  | $ | 344 |  |  | $ | 307 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 62 |
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years | 115 |  |  | 324 |  |  | 32 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (111 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (28 | )
Expiration of statutes of limitation | (7 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (10 | )
Settlements | (7 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (19 | )
Ending balance | $ | 655 |  |  | $ | 661 |  |  | $ | 344 |

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