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Medical Claims Liability (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Insurance [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Change In Medical Claims Liability by Operating Segment | The following table summarizes the change in medical claims liability ($ in millions):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance, January 1 |  | $ | 3,929 |  |  | $ | 2,298 |  |  | $ | 1,723 |
Less: reinsurance recoverable |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance, January 1, net |  | 3,924 |  |  | 2,298 |  |  | 1,723 |
Acquisitions |  | — |  |  | 1,482 |  |  | 79 |
Incurred related to: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 38,225 |  |  | 30,946 |  |  | 17,471 |
Prior years |  | (374 | ) |  | (310 | ) |  | (229 | )
Total incurred |  | 37,851 |  |  | 30,636 |  |  | 17,242 |
Paid related to: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 34,196 |  |  | 28,532 |  |  | 15,279 |
Prior years |  | 3,311 |  |  | 1,960 |  |  | 1,467 |
Total paid |  | 37,507 |  |  | 30,492 |  |  | 16,746 |
Balance at December 31, net |  | 4,268 |  |  | 3,924 |  |  | 2,298 |
Reinsurance recoverable |  | 18 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |
Balance, December 31 |  | $ | 4,286 |  |  | $ | 3,929 |  |  | $ | 2,298 |
Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Claims Development | Incurred and paid claims development as of December 31, 2017 is as follows ($ in millions):
Cumulative Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the Years Ended December 31,
Claim Year |  | 2015 (unaudited) |  | 2016 (unaudited) |  | 2017
2015 |  | $ | 30,619 |  |  | $ | 30,325 |  |  | $ | 30,310 |
2016 |  |  |  | 34,655 |  |  | 34,296 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  | 38,225 |
|  | Total incurred claims |  |  | $ | 102,831 |
Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the Years Ended December 31,
Claim Year |  | 2015 (unaudited) |  | 2016 (unaudited) |  | 2017
2015 |  | $ | 27,664 |  |  | $ | 30,031 |  |  | $ | 30,297 |
2016 |  |  |  | 31,043 |  |  | 34,070 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  | 34,196 |
|  | Total payment of incurred claims |  |  | $ | 98,563 |
|  | Medical claims liability, net of reinsurance |  |  | $ | 4,268 |
Information is summarized as follows (in millions):
| December 31, 2017
| Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance |  | Total IBNR Plus Expected Development on Reported Claims |  | Cumulative Paid Claims
2015 | $ | 30,310 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 156.7 |
2016 | 34,296 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 179.1 |
2017 | 38,225 |  |  | 3,330 |  |  | 192.0 |

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