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by replayyyy » Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:23 pm
Among lower-paid workers, union members are less likely than non union members to be enrolled in lower-end insurance plans imposing stricter limits on medical services and requiring doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each.
A.
B. imposing stricter limits on medical services, requiring doctors to see more patients, and spending
C. that impose stricter limits on medical services, require doctors to see more patients, and spend
D. that impose stricter limits on medical services and require doctors to see more patients, and spending
E. that impose stricter limits on medical services, requiring doctors to see more patients and spending
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by Venkat4mba » Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:19 pm
IMO C.

'Insurance plans that impose' is the correct usage : eliminates A and B.
among C, D and E : C maintains the parallelism.

impose stricter limits on medical services, require doctors to see more patients, and spend less time with each.
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:40 pm
I would say C too for the same reasons , but grammatically in B and C, there is no difference.
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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:41 pm
@replayyyy : What is your doubt with this question ?
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by replayyyy » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:25 pm
GMATMadeEasy wrote:@replayyyy : What is your doubt with this question ?
The OA is D. I cannot figure out why.
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by niksworth » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:39 pm
My money is on A.

It is important to analyze the parallel structures here.

B - lower-end insurance plans
- imposing stricter limits on medical services
- requiring doctors to see more patients,
and
- spending less time with each.

Conveys the meaning that insurance plans spend less time with patient - Incorrect.

C - lower-end insurance plans that
- impose stricter limits on medical services
- require doctors to see more patients
and
- spend less time with each.

Again, this conveys the faulty meaning that the plans spend less time with the patient. - Incorrect.

D - lower-end insurance plans
- that impose stricter limits on medical services and require doctors to see more patients
and
- spending less time with each.

Faulty parallelism, wrong meaning.

E - lower-end insurance plans that impose stricter limits on medical services
- requiring doctors to see more patients
and
- spending less time with each.

Wrong meaning. Suggests that the medical services require doctors to see more patients and spend less time with each.

Now A.

A - lower-end insurance plans
- imposing stricter limits on medical services
and
- requiring doctors to
- see more patients
and
- spend less time with each.

A is right.
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by niksworth » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:42 pm
Whoa! I'm surprised that the answer is D. I don't see how that's possible. What is the source?
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by niksworth » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:46 pm
Arghhh replayyyy! You did not transcribe this correctly!

Option D does not have an and before spending!

Check out this link -
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/amo ... t1904.html

D is indeed right.
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by replayyyy » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:58 am
niksworth wrote:Arghhh replayyyy! You did not transcribe this correctly!

Option D does not have an and before spending!

Check out this link -
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/amo ... t1904.html

D is indeed right.
It is my source that is incorrect. That is where all the confusion comes from. Thank you for the correction and explanations!
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by GMATMadeEasy » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:32 am
Thanks niksworth .

Good question for all of us to brainstrom though.
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