SC - 808/1000

[neha.patni]

808. 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

OA - B

[albatross86]

A. The bill would increase..., establish standards...access to people and to workers. Run-on sentence, there is no conjunction connecting these two ideas. It is basically saying "The bill would increase X, establish Y." you need "and"

B. establishing standards... this seems to be an adverbial phrase describing "increase..." This is correct - the establishing of standards contributes to this regulation described, so it is an appropriate modifier.

C. The jobs are not going to be "uncovered". "to establish" is incorrect.

D. "for establishing" is wordy and changes the meaning to say that they increased the regulation in order to establish but it is the other way around.

E. Wordy and incorrect meaning.

Pick B.

[ayushiiitm]

808. 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

OA - B

relative pronoun such as 'who', 'that' modify the closest noun

so jobs should not be modified, rather workers should be

Sentence as presented in A,C,D, and E would mean jobs would be uncovered for months, but it has to be people
Eliminate A, C, D, E on this basis

OA remains as B