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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for income taxes
The (benefit) provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In millions)
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
(9
)
 
$
134

 
$
172

State
3

 
3

 
8

Foreign

 
(6
)
 
6

Total current
(6
)
 
131

 
186

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(85
)
 
19

 
(10
)
State
(9
)
 
2

 
4

Foreign

 
1

 
(1
)
Total deferred
(94
)
 
22

 
(7
)
 
$
(100
)
 
$
153

 
$
179

Effective income tax rate reconciliation to the statutory federal income tax rate
A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the combined effective income tax rate is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Statutory federal tax (benefit) rate
(35.0
)%
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
%
State income provision (benefit), net of federal
(0.7
)
 
1.6

 
2.4

Nondeductible health insurer fee (HIF)

 
37.0

 
17.0

Nondeductible compensation
2.8

 
3.1

 
0.6

Nondeductible goodwill impairment
6.6

 

 

Revaluation of net deferred tax assets
8.8

 

 

Change in purchase agreement that increased tax basis in assets

 
(2.2
)
 

Other
1.1

 
0.3

 
0.5

Effective tax (benefit) rate
(16.4
)%
 
74.8
 %
 
55.5
%
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities
Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Accrued expenses
$
15

 
$
22

Reserve liabilities
11

 
28

Other accrued medical costs
16

 
5

Net operating losses
27

 
13

Fixed assets and intangibles
23

 

Unrealized losses
2

 
1

Unearned premiums
19

 
27

Lease financing obligation
30

 
38

Deferred compensation
1

 
6

Tax credit carryover
15

 
7

Valuation allowance
(41
)
 
(16
)
Total deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance
118

 
131

Prepaid expenses
(6
)
 
(9
)
Fixed assets and intangibles

 
(104
)
Basis in debt
(9
)
 
(23
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(15
)
 
(136
)
Net deferred income tax asset (liability)
$
103

 
$
(5
)
Unrecognized tax benefits roll forward
The roll forward of our unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In millions)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of period
$
(11
)
 
$
(9
)
 
$
(3
)
Increases in tax positions for current year
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Increases in tax positions for prior years
(4
)
 
(1
)
 
(5
)
Decreases in tax positions for prior years
3

 

 

Gross unrecognized tax benefits at end of period
$
(13
)
 
$
(11
)
 
$
(9
)