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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for income taxes
Income tax expense for continuing operations consisted of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
202120202019
(In millions)
Current:
Federal$209 $281 $204 
State31 26 12 
Foreign— — 
Total current240 307 225 
Deferred:
Federal(17)(13)
State(7)(7)
Foreign— (1)
Total deferred(24)(19)10 
Income tax expense$216 $288 $235 
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 for continuing operations is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202120202019
Statutory federal tax (benefit) rate21.0 %21.0 %21.0 %
State income provision (benefit), net of federal benefit2.2 1.6 1.4 
Nondeductible health insurer fee (“HIF”)— 6.1 — 
Nondeductible compensation1.5 1.1 1.2 
Other— 0.2 0.6 
Effective tax expense rate24.7 %30.0 %24.2 %
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
December 31,
20212020
(In millions)
Accrued expenses and reserve liabilities$57 $52 
Other accrued medical costs23 15 
Net operating losses13 11 
Unearned premiums17 18 
Lease financing obligation
Tax credit carryover
Other
Valuation allowance(10)(17)
Total deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance 120 98 
Fixed assets and intangibles(1)(7)
Prepaid expenses (13)(10)
Unrealized gains and losses— (12)
Total deferred income tax liabilities (14)(29)
Net deferred income tax asset$106 $69 
Unrecognized tax benefits roll forward
The roll forward of our unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202120202019
(In millions)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of period$(20)$(20)$(20)
Settlements — — 
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at end of period$(15)$(20)$(20)