role of an infinitive phrase

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role of an infinitive phrase

by pareshcs » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:16 am
Hi,

I am confused regarding the role of an infinitive phrase in the below sentence drawn from an article in The Economis

"The fear is that if young people fail to sign up for XYZ treaty, insurers will raise prices, making healthy people even less likely to buy coverage in the future"

I think that in the participial phrase " making healthy people even less likely to buy coverage in the future", the infinitive phrase " healthy people even less likely to buy coverage in the future" acts as a direct object of the participle "making". The phrase "healthy people" is the subject of the infinitive "to buy".

Please correct me.

Thanks,
Paresh