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MEDICARE PART D (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Insurance [Abstract] |
Balance Sheet Amounts Associated With Medicare Part D | The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets include the following amounts associated with Medicare Part D at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. CMS subsidies/discounts in the table below include the reinsurance and low-income cost subsidies funded by CMS for which we assume no risk as well as brand name prescription drug discounts for Part D plan participants in the coverage gap funded by CMS and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The risk corridor settlement includes amounts classified as long-term because settlement associated with the 2016 provision is expected to exceed 12 months at March 31, 2016.
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Risk Corridor Settlement |  | CMS Subsidies/ Discounts |  | Risk Corridor Settlement |  | CMS Subsidies/ Discounts
| (in millions)
Other current assets | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 2,408 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 2,082 |
Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses | (44 | ) |  | (704 | ) |  | (47 | ) |  | (63 | )
Net current (liability) asset | (11 | ) |  | 1,704 |  |  | (22 | ) |  | 2,019 |
Other long-term assets | 49 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other long-term liabilities | (29 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net long-term asset | 20 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total net asset (liability) | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 1,704 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 2,019 |

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