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MEDICARE PART D | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Insurance [Abstract] |
MEDICARE PART D | MEDICARE PART D We cover prescription drug benefits in accordance with Medicare Part D under multiple contracts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, as described further in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in our 2016 Form 10-K. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets include the following amounts associated with Medicare Part D at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. 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.
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Risk Corridor Settlement |  | CMS Subsidies/ Discounts |  | Risk Corridor Settlement |  | CMS Subsidies/ Discounts
| (in millions)
Other current assets | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 1,003 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 1,001 |
Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses | (130 | ) |  | (2,201 | ) |  | (158 | ) |  | (128 | )
Net current (liability) asset | (121 | ) |  | (1,198 | ) |  | (150 | ) |  | 873 |
Other long-term assets | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other long-term liabilities | (110 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net long-term liability | (81 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total net (liability) asset | $ | (202 | ) |  | $ | (1,198 | ) |  | $ | (150 | ) |  | $ | 873 |

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