I agree with your remarks, but also think that it is a way to CONTROL the people, by having the deciding vote related to whether each person can live or die, ultimately.
Nothing is more dangerous than 5,000,000 men over the age of 60 with end stage prostate cancer gone untreated with guns and no mission beyond the reciprocation in their version of "End of Life Counseling".
The government may be well served to mind that end of life counseling is a two way street, and we have a whole lot more counselors.