Let's Really Be Equal Here

Insurance companies claim that women, especially child-bearing ones, use more health care than men, and hence pay higher premiums. Of course some people think this reason is non-sense, among them some law-makers introducing legislation to equalize the payments:

Senator John Kerry today introduced legislation that would improve health care benefits for women in the individual market by preventing insurers from charging them more, denying or limiting coverage based on their pregnancy status or delivery method, and ensuring comprehensive maternity coverage.

In related news, it was noticed that women live longer than men. Senator Kerry plans to fix this with a bill which would kill off specific women, equalizing the average lifetimes. He hasn't talked about his plans to equalize the "unmentionable parts of the human body."