@CaptainHarley
Your view of the world comes across as cold and cynical to me. So far, I have never met anyone that I felt would be in favor of their relative’s euthanasia, from a cost perspective.
Most people that I have known that opted for euthanasia, did so, because they wanted to die in the most dignified way possible. They wanted to be with their loved ones and take time to say their goodbyes and have closure. Most often the family is with them and that gives a lot of consolation and inner peace for all involved.
Euthanasia, as I view it, is not a morally allowed practice merely because someone becomes old and has lost economic value. Euthanasia has to do with people that have come into a state of unbearable suffering that has no chance of recovery. For instance from incurable cancer.
For most of these people, suicide isn’t a real option. For instance, because when one announces, it more or less still ends up being a similar problem for the ones left behind. Should they allow their loved one to commit suicide, or should they intervene. And saying your farewells is very important for people.
It is hard to commit suicide, while asking your wife and children to be with you while you do. (Especially when gory methods are chosen that imply a lot of clean-up.)