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Network	2332301 - Disclosure - Commercial Paper and Long-Term Debt (Tables) (http://www.uhc.com/role/CommercialPaperAndLongTermDebtTables)
Table	Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table]

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Reporting Entity [Axis]	0000731766 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Scenario [Axis]	Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Period [Axis]

2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31

Commercial Paper and Long-Term Debt [Table Text Block]

Commercial paper, term loan and senior unsecured long-term debt consisted of the following:



	December 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
(in millions, except percentages)	Par Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Par Value		Carrying Value (a)		Fair Value
Commercial paper	$	3,633	$	3,633	$	3,633	$	3,987	$	3,987	$	3,987
Floating rate term loan due July 2016	—		—		—		1,500		1,500		1,500
5.375% notes due March 2016	—		—		—		601		605		606
1.875% notes due November 2016	—		—		—		400		400		403
5.360% notes due November 2016	—		—		—		95		95		98
Floating rate notes due January 2017	750		750		750		750		749		751
6.000% notes due June 2017	441		446		450		441		458		469
1.450% notes due July 2017	750		750		751		750		749		750
1.400% notes due October 2017	625		624		626		625		624		624
6.000% notes due November 2017	156		159		163		156		162		168
1.400% notes due December 2017	750		751		750		750		751		748
6.000% notes due February 2018	1,100		1,107		1,153		1,100		1,114		1,196
1.900% notes due July 2018	1,500		1,496		1,507		1,500		1,494		1,505
1.700% notes due February 2019	750		748		748		—		—		—
1.625% notes due March 2019	500		501		498		500		502		494
2.300% notes due December 2019	500		498		504		500		499		502
2.700% notes due July 2020	1,500		1,495		1,523		1,500		1,493		1,516
3.875% notes due October 2020	450		450		474		450		452		476
4.700% notes due February 2021	400		409		433		400		413		438
2.125% notes due March 2021	750		745		741		—		—		—
3.375% notes due November 2021	500		497		519		500		500		517
2.875% notes due December 2021	750		748		760		750		753		760
2.875% notes due March 2022	1,100		1,057		1,114		1,100		1,059		1,099
3.350% notes due July 2022	1,000		995		1,030		1,000		994		1,023
0.000% notes due November 2022	15		11		12		15		10		11
2.750% notes due February 2023	625		609		622		625		611		613
2.875% notes due March 2023	750		771		753		750		781		742
3.750% notes due July 2025	2,000		1,986		2,070		2,000		1,985		2,062
3.100% notes due March 2026	1,000		994		986		—		—		—
3.450% notes due January 2027	750		745		762		—		—		—
4.625% notes due July 2035	1,000		991		1,090		1,000		991		1,038
5.800% notes due March 2036	850		837		1,034		850		838		1,003
6.500% notes due June 2037	500		491		643		500		492		628
6.625% notes due November 2037	650		640		850		650		641		829
6.875% notes due February 2038	1,100		1,075		1,497		1,100		1,076		1,439
5.700% notes due October 2040	300		296		366		300		296		348
5.950% notes due February 2041	350		345		437		350		345		416
4.625% notes due November 2041	600		588		634		600		588		609
4.375% notes due March 2042	502		483		509		502		483		493
3.950% notes due October 2042	625		606		609		625		606		582
4.250% notes due March 2043	750		734		765		750		734		728
4.750% notes due July 2045	2,000		1,972		2,203		2,000		1,971		2,107
4.200% notes due January 2047	750		737		759		—		—		—
Total commercial paper, term loan and long-term debt	$	33,022	$	32,770	$	34,728	$	31,972	$	31,801	$	33,278


(a)	In the first quarter of 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-03, retrospectively as required. See Note 2 for more information on the adoption of ASU 2015-03.

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Maturities of commercial paper and long-term debt for the years ending December 31 are as follows:



(in millions)
2017	$	7,185
2018	2,622
2019	1,769
2020	1,955
2021	2,407
Thereafter	17,284