| Segment Information |
Segment information as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, follows ($ in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Managed Care | | Specialty Services | | Eliminations | | Consolidated Total | Total revenues from external customers | $ | 45,798 |
| | $ | 2,584 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 48,382 |
| Total revenues internal customers | 44 |
| | 9,471 |
| | (9,515 | ) | | — |
| Total revenues | $ | 45,842 |
| | $ | 12,055 |
| | (9,515 | ) | | $ | 48,382 |
| Earnings from operations | $ | 917 |
| | $ | 282 |
| | — |
| | $ | 1,199 |
| Total assets | $ | 19,959 |
| | $ | 1,896 |
| | — |
| | $ | 21,855 |
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Segment information as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016, follows ($ in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Managed Care | | Specialty Services | | Eliminations | | Consolidated Total | Total revenues from external customers | $ | 38,182 |
| | $ | 2,425 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 40,607 |
| Total revenues internal customers | 200 |
| | 5,952 |
| | (6,152 | ) | | — |
| Total revenues | $ | 38,382 |
| | $ | 8,377 |
| | $ | (6,152 | ) | | $ | 40,607 |
| Earnings from operations | $ | 1,077 |
| | $ | 183 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 1,260 |
| Total assets | $ | 18,423 |
| | $ | 1,774 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 20,197 |
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Segment information as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015, follows ($ in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Managed Care | | Specialty Services | | Eliminations | | Consolidated Total | Total revenues from external customers | $ | 20,865 |
| | $ | 1,895 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 22,760 |
| Total revenues internal customers | 101 |
| | 4,862 |
| | (4,963 | ) | | — |
| Total revenues | $ | 20,966 |
| | $ | 6,757 |
| | $ | (4,963 | ) | | $ | 22,760 |
| Earnings from operations | $ | 531 |
| | $ | 174 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 705 |
| Total assets | $ | 6,327 |
| | $ | 1,012 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 7,339 |
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