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BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

						Year Ended December 31, 2025
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	10,876.5					$	3,098.2					$	(23.0)					$	13,951.7
Operating Earnings:
Labor						4,687.6						1,221.6
Supplies						2,357.0						478.5
Shipping costs												398.8
Depreciation						258.8						116.0
Other operating expenses						1,793.2						384.8
Segment operating income						$	1,779.9					$	498.5											$	2,278.4
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(482.2)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(280.0)
Restructuring and other charges																								(127.2)
Goodwill and other asset impairments																								(4.3)
Total Operating income																								1,384.7
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(224.1)
Investment income																								15.2
Equity method loss, net																								(13.3)
Other, net																								(55.0)
Earnings from operations before income taxes																								$	1,107.5

						Year Ended December 31, 2024
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	10,144.3					$	2,922.6					$	(58.0)					$	13,008.9
Operating Earnings:
Labor						4,438.7						1,165.3
Supplies						2,209.6						441.9
Shipping costs												365.8
Depreciation						259.0						122.6
Other operating expenses						1,630.7						368.1
Segment operating income						$	1,606.3					$	458.9											$	2,065.2
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(670.8)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(256.4)
Restructuring and other charges																								(46.0)
Goodwill and other asset impairments																								(5.3)
Total Operating income																								1,086.7
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(208.3)
Investment income																								22.3
Equity method loss, net																								(1.4)
Other, net																								60.2
Earnings from operations before income taxes																								$	959.5

						Year Ended December 31, 2023
Revenues:						Dx						BLS						Intercompany eliminations and other						LHI
Revenues						$	9,415.1					$	2,774.2					$	(27.7)					$	12,161.6
Operating Earnings:
Labor						4,095.7						1,094.0
Supplies						2,066.0						452.2
Shipping costs												333.0
Depreciation						236.1						112.5
Other operating expenses						1,426.0						386.2
Segment operating income						$	1,591.3					396.3												$	1,987.6
General corporate and unallocated expenses																								(644.1)
Amortization of intangibles and other assets																								(219.8)
Restructuring and other charges																								(49.1)
Goodwill and other asset impairments																								(349.0)
Total Operating income																								725.6
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense																								(199.6)
Investment income																								28.8
Equity method income, net																								(1.4)
Other, net																								15.5
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes																								$	568.9

Geographic distribution of Property, plant, and equipment, net:

			Year Ended December 31,
			2025						2024
North America			$	2,587.1					$	2,576.1
Europe			370.4						355.5
Other			124.0						113.8
Total Property, plant, and equipment, net			$	3,081.5					$	3,045.4

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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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