While the new healthcare bill promises coverage of the uninsured and

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While the new healthcare bill promises   coverage of the uninsured and that of  pre-existing medical conditions, the main drawback seems to be its prohibitive cost.
 
A. coverage of the uninsured and that of 
 
B. coverage of the uninsured and 
 
C. coverage for the uninsured and those with 
 
D. coverage for the uninsured and 
 
E. coverage of the uninsured and those of

DinoPen · Answer

While the new healthcare bill promises  coverage of the uninsured and that of  pre-existing medical conditions, the main drawback seems to be its prohibitive cost.

idioms.... coverage of vs coverage for. I think coverage for is correct.

A. coverage of the uninsured and that of
 coverage of the uninsured implies plurality. 'that of ...' is singular. Hence, the parallelism is off.
 
B. coverage of the uninsured and
 Meaning is off. Coverage of People X and 'Medical conditions'? Needs to be another person(s).

C. coverage for the uninsured and those with
 Correct use of idioms and meaning

D. coverage for the uninsured and
 Same reasoning as B.

E. coverage of the uninsured and those of
 those of medical conditions? those with medical conditions is better.

believerinthy · Answer

It's listed under parallelism but the explaination from community deals it with Idioms.
Requesting some expert insight.

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  believerinthy . The question hinges upon an understanding of both idiomatic usage and parallelism. The first major split is between  coverage of  and  coverage for , and in the context of the sentence,  coverage for  is idiomatically correct: a bill promises coverage  for  somebody or a group, not  of  somebody or a group. Right away, you can whittle the answer pool down to (C) and (D). Both of these answer choices use  and  in a way that does not join two independent clauses, so we are looking for parallel entities,  X and Y , to create a logical bridge in explaining who will be covered under the bill. The first group is  the uninsured ; after  and , we are looking for the second group. Choice (C) gives us  those with pre-existing medical conditions , or, in other words, a second group of people. Meanwhile, choice (D) gives us nothing more than the conditions themselves, creating a non-sensical comparison and rupturing the parallelism of  X and Y . We can safely eliminate (D).

I hope that helps address your concerns. Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

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