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BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

						Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	2,769.6					$	799.1					$	(5.2)					$	3,563.5
Operating Earnings:
Labor						1,200.6						313.8
Supplies						589.4						119.5
Shipping costs												101.8
Depreciation						66.4						29.0
Other operating expenses						462.8						102.8
Segment operating income						$	450.4					$	132.2											$	582.6
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(109.9)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(69.5)
Restructuring and other charges																								(5.9)
Goodwill and other asset impairments																								(0.7)
Total Operating income																								396.6
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(56.0)
Investment income																								3.5
Equity method loss, net																								(5.2)
Other, net																								(1.9)
Earnings from operations before income taxes																								$	337.0

						Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	2,553.5					$	737.7					$	(9.2)					$	3,282.0
Operating Earnings:
Labor						1,146.3						293.1
Supplies						538.1						109.5
Shipping costs												93.7
Depreciation						65.1						31.5
Other operating expenses						416.6						89.0
Segment operating income						$	387.4					$	120.9											$	508.3
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(172.5)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(63.7)
Restructuring and other charges																								(18.0)
Total Operating income																								254.1
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(50.4)
Investment income																								3.1
Equity method loss, net																								(0.5)
Other, net																								4.3
Earnings from operations before income taxes																								$	210.6

						Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	8,148.0					$	2,305.2					$	(17.3)					$	10,435.9
Operating Earnings:
Labor						3,479.3						905.8
Supplies						1,767.3						361.4
Shipping costs												295.0
Depreciation						193.5						86.6
Other operating expenses						1,347.2						294.0
Segment operating income						$	1,360.7					$	362.4											$	1,723.1
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(381.5)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(207.4)
Restructuring and other charges																								(16.4)
Goodwill and other asset impairments																								(0.7)
Total Operating income																								1,117.1
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(169.1)
Investment income																								11.7
Equity method loss, net																								(7.2)
Other, net																								(35.6)
Earnings from operations before income taxes																								$	916.9

						Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	7,558.1					$	2,155.6					$	(34.2)					$	9,679.5
Operating Earnings:
Labor						3,274.6						869.2
Supplies						1,642.8						319.7
Shipping costs												271.8
Depreciation						189.9						93.0
Other operating expenses						1,204.0						273.7
Segment operating income						$	1,246.8					$	328.2											$	1,575.0
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(481.7)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(186.0)
Restructuring and other charges																								(34.6)
Goodwill and other asset impairments																								(2.5)
Total Operating income																								870.2
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(144.9)
Investment income																								7.3
Equity method loss, net																								(0.7)
Other, net																								43.8
Earnings from operations before income taxes																								$	775.7

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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