“Well, we’re all different,” Sessions explained. “Why should a smoker pay more?” he said before interrupted.

While he is getting blasted for this by the Democrats, its not to say it’s not a fair comparison. If someone costs more to insure, they pay higher premiums. That’s the way the game works. It doesn’t matter why they cost more. It could be because of their gender, because they are overweight, because certain diseases are in their family history, etc. etc. A healthy woman potentially costs more to insure than a healthy man. Either the insurance companies raise everyone’s premiums, or they raise the premiums of half of their clients. As a business, you anger fewer people if you do the latter.

“The NRCC and extreme right wing of the Republican Party are totally out of step with women,” said Jennifer Crider, spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

How about higher premiums for young males for car insurance? It seems that Jennifer Crider is out of step with men and only concerned with members of her own gender. There has been a lot of outrage about Women paying higher premiums than men. But theres been none for young male drivers.  Women are also more likely to seek medical care than men. This fact makes them more expensive to insure. That is how the industry works.