Sentence Correction

The proposed health care bill would increase government regulation of health insurance, establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who otherwise could be uncovered for months.
(A) establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who
(B) establishing standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who are changing jobs and
(C) to establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who change jobs that
(D) for establishing standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers changing jobs who
(E) for the establishment of standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers who are changing jobs that

the sentence means: the proposed bill would increase govt. regulation by establishing certain standards.

A. seems like increasing regulation and establishing standards are two separate functions. also "who" seems to modify jobs rather than people

B. correct and logical=> the bill proposes to increase regulation (by) establishing standards. also people who are changing...and (who) otherwise ....is parallel.

C. gets it backwards. bill proposes to increase regulation to establish standards as though establishing standards is the main purpose
also says "that would be uncovered" modifies jobs instead of people

D. gets it backwards like in C. "who" modifies jobs instead of people

E. gets it backwards like in C and D. also "that would be uncovered" modifies jobs instead of people

hence, B

The proposed health care bill would increase government regulation of health insurance, establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who otherwise could be uncovered for months.
(A) establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who
(B) establishing standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who are changing jobs and
(C) to establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who change jobs that
(D) for establishing standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers changing jobs who
(E) for the establishment of standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers who are changing jobs that


B for me too..

Cause : health care bill would increase government regulation of health insurance

Effect: establishing standards

Thus "establishing standards" will modify cause.....

IMO, B

C and E can be eliminated for the modifier "that otherwise could be uncovered" modifies jobs, hence unlogical.

IMO B . this is a modifier thing

Participle phrase would correctly modify the health care bill. Hence B

Can anybody please explain me why "D" is wrong here..????

"D" IS WRONG, COZ "access for" IS UNIDIOMATIC,
"ACCESS TO" IS THE CORRECT IDIOM.