The following tables present the components of the change in our medical claims and benefits payable for the periods indicated. The amounts presented for “Components of medical care costs related to: Prior years” represent the amount by which our original estimate of medical claims and benefits payable at the beginning of the year varied from the actual liabilities, based on information (principally the payment of claims) developed since those liabilities were first reported.


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
	Medicaid		Medicare		Marketplace		Other		Consolidated

	(In millions)
Medical claims and benefits payable, beginning balance	$	3,638	$	688	$	547	$	14	$	4,887
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current year	22,585		4,399		1,789		8		28,781
Prior years	(203)		(114)		(28)		(7)		(352)
Total medical care costs	22,382		4,285		1,761		1		28,429
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current year	19,369		3,787		1,529		7		24,692
Prior years	2,913		556		487		7		3,963
Total paid	22,282		4,343		2,016		14		28,655

Change in non-risk and other payables	324		3		—		—		327
Medical claims and benefits payable, ending balance	$	4,062	$	633	$	292	$	1	$	4,988


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
	Medicaid		Medicare		Marketplace		Other		Consolidated

	(In millions)
Medical claims and benefits payable, beginning balance	$	3,667	$	722	$	251	$	—	$	4,640
Components of medical care costs related to:
Current year	22,165		4,306		2,940		65		29,476
Prior years	(118)		(56)		50		—		(124)
Total medical care costs	22,047		4,250		2,990		65		29,352
Payments for medical care costs related to:
Current year	19,074		3,753		2,525		73		25,425
Prior years	3,067		676		306		10		4,059
Total paid	22,141		4,429		2,831		83		29,484
Acquired balances, net of post-acquisition adjustments	—		152		173		36		361
Change in non-risk and other payables	(25)		—		—		—		(25)
Medical claims and benefits payable, ending balance	$	3,548	$	695	$	583	$	18	$	4,844