Condensed Financial Information of Parent Company Only Disclosure [Text Block] |
Schedule I Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Company Only) UnitedHealth Group Condensed Balance Sheets | | | | | | | | | | (in millions, except per share data) | | | | | Assets | | | | | Current assets: | | | | | Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 46 |
| | $ | 434 |
| Other current assets | | 787 |
| | 197 |
| Total current assets | | 833 |
| | 631 |
| | | 93,467 |
| | 83,244 |
| | | 5,079 |
| | 4,461 |
| Other assets | | 794 |
| | 972 |
| Total assets | | $ | 100,173 |
| | $ | 89,308 |
| | | | | | Liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | | | | Current liabilities: | | | | | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | $ | 688 |
| | $ | 618 |
| | | 750 |
| | 714 |
| Commercial paper and current maturities of long-term debt | | 3,548 |
| | 1,744 |
| Total current liabilities | | 4,986 |
| | 3,076 |
| Long-term debt, less current maturities | | 35,926 |
| | 33,490 |
| | | 1,314 |
| | 560 |
| Other liabilities | | 331 |
| | 486 |
| Total liabilities | | 42,557 |
| | 37,612 |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 4) | | | | | Shareholders’ equity: | | | | | Preferred stock, $0.001 par value -10 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding | | — |
| | — |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value - 3,000 shares authorized; 948 and 960 issued and outstanding | | 9 |
| | 10 |
| Additional paid-in capital | | 7 |
| | — |
| Retained earnings | | 61,178 |
| | 55,846 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | (3,578 | ) | | (4,160 | ) | Total UnitedHealth Group shareholders’ equity | | 57,616 |
| | 51,696 |
| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | $ | 100,173 |
| | $ | 89,308 |
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Schedule I Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Company Only) UnitedHealth Group Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | (in millions) | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 | Revenues: | | | | | | | Investment and other income | | $ | 209 |
| | $ | 194 |
| | $ | 527 |
| Total revenues | | 209 |
| | 194 |
| | 527 |
| Operating costs: | | | | | | | Operating costs | | 38 |
| | 35 |
| | — |
| Interest expense | | 1,580 |
| | 1,285 |
| | 1,114 |
| Total operating costs | | 1,618 |
| | 1,320 |
| | 1,114 |
| Loss before income taxes | | (1,409 | ) | | (1,126 | ) | | (587 | ) | Benefit for income taxes | | 293 |
| | 251 |
| | 214 |
| Loss of parent company | | (1,116 | ) | | (875 | ) | | (373 | ) | | | 14,955 |
| | 12,861 |
| | 10,931 |
| Net earnings | | 13,839 |
| | 11,986 |
| | 10,558 |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | | 582 |
| | (1,517 | ) | | 14 |
| Comprehensive income | | $ | 14,421 |
| | $ | 10,469 |
| | $ | 10,572 |
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Schedule I Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Company Only) UnitedHealth Group Condensed Statements of Cash Flows | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | (in millions) | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 | Operating activities | | | | | | | Cash flows from operating activities | | $ | 9,275 |
| | $ | 6,099 |
| | $ | 2,021 |
| Investing activities | | | | | | | | | (2,722 | ) | | (1,420 | ) | | — |
| | | 2,249 |
| | 1,419 |
| | 2,071 |
| Cash paid for acquisitions | | (9,645 | ) | | (4,066 | ) | | (2,313 | ) | Return of capital to parent company | | 4,497 |
| | 4,196 |
| | 3,375 |
| | | (803 | ) | | (1,259 | ) | | (959 | ) | Other, net | | 490 |
| | 4 |
| | — |
| Cash flows (used for) from investing activities | | (5,934 | ) | | (1,126 | ) | | 2,174 |
| Financing activities | | | | | | | Common stock repurchases | | (5,500 | ) | | (4,500 | ) | | (1,500 | ) | Proceeds from common stock issuances | | 1,037 |
| | 838 |
| | 688 |
| Cash dividends paid | | (3,932 | ) | | (3,320 | ) | | (2,773 | ) | Proceeds from (repayments of) commercial paper, net | | 300 |
| | (201 | ) | | (3,508 | ) | Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt | | 5,444 |
| | 6,935 |
| | 5,291 |
| Repayments of long-term debt | | (1,750 | ) | | (2,600 | ) | | (3,472 | ) | | | 1,207 |
| | (1,127 | ) | | 1,704 |
| Other, net | | (535 | ) | | (923 | ) | | (446 | ) | Cash flows used for financing activities | | (3,729 | ) | | (4,898 | ) | | (4,016 | ) | (Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | | (388 | ) | | 75 |
| | 179 |
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | 434 |
| | 359 |
| | 180 |
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | | $ | 46 |
| | $ | 434 |
| | $ | 359 |
| | | | | | | | Supplemental cash flow disclosures | | | | | | | Cash paid for interest | | $ | 1,506 |
| | $ | 1,294 |
| | $ | 1,062 |
| Cash paid for income taxes | | 2,590 |
| | 2,379 |
| | 3,455 |
| | | | | | | | Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing activities | | | | | | | Common stock issued for acquisitions | | $ | — |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 2,164 |
| | | — |
| | — |
| | 4,378 |
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See Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements of RegistrantSchedule I Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Company Only) UnitedHealth Group Notes to Condensed Financial Statements 1. Basis of Presentation 2. Subsidiary Transactions Dividends and Capital Distributions. Cash dividends received from subsidiaries and included in Cash Flows from Operating Activities in the Condensed Statements of Cash Flows were $5.6 billion, $5.6 billion and $3.4 billion in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Additionally, $4.5 billion, $4.2 billion and $3.4 billion in cash were received as a return of capital to the parent company during 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. 3. Commercial Paper and Long-Term Debt Maturities of commercial paper and long-term debt for the years ending December 31 are as follows: | | | | | | (in millions) | | | 2020 | | $ | 3,550 |
| 2021 | | 3,150 |
| 2022 | | 3,015 |
| 2023 | | 2,125 |
| 2024 | | 1,500 |
| Thereafter | | 26,477 |
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4. Commitments and Contingencies
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