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2415411 - Disclosure - Retirement Benefits (Estimated Future Payments For Pension Benefits And Postretirement Benefits) (Details)
(http://www.antheminc.com/role/RetirementBenefitsEstimatedFuturePaymentsForPensionBenefitsAndPostretirementBenefitsDetails)
TableSchedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001156039 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures, Defined Benefit Plans [Axis]
Pension Benefits [Member]Other Benefits [Member]
2017
157,900,000  
41,400,000  
2018
154,000,000  
42,200,000  
2019
153,100,000  
42,500,000  
2020
147,800,000  
42,500,000  
2021
143,000,000  
42,200,000  
2022 - 2026
637,600,000  
197,400,000