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Long-term Debt - Senior Notes Redemption Prices (Details) - Senior Notes	1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)						101.00%
5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption Period Two
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)					102.563%
5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption Period Three
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)					101.281%
5.125% Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption Period Four
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)					100.00%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)	100.958%		101.917%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2024 | Redemption Period Three
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)						100.958%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2024 | Redemption Period Four
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)						100.00%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 | Redemption Period One
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)				102.875%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 | Redemption Period Two
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)				101.917%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 | Redemption Period Three
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)				100.958%
5.75% Senior Notes due 2025 | Redemption Period Four
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)				100.00%
4.50% Senior Notes due 2028
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		4.70%
4.50% Senior Notes due 2028 | Redemption Period One
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		102.25%
4.50% Senior Notes due 2028 | Redemption Period Two
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		101.125%
4.50% Senior Notes due 2028 | Redemption Period Three
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		100.00%
4.75% Senior Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		5.00%
4.75% Senior Notes due 2030 | Redemption Period One
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		102.375%
4.75% Senior Notes due 2030 | Redemption Period Two
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		101.583%
4.75% Senior Notes due 2030 | Redemption Period Three
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		100.792%
4.75% Senior Notes due 2030 | Redemption Period Four
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items]
Redemption price, (percent)		100.00%

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75038535&loc=d3e64711-112823

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