Administering a euthanasia drug is killing, no doubt about it, I've always opposed that.
Denying basic life sustaining care a la Schiavo is killing too, and I've always opposed that.
But when a government health plan (or a private insurer, they do it all the time too) determines that their financial reserves will not allow for a $100,000 drug or surgical procedure to be given to everyone who might possibly see a slight improvement as a result....
well, if you call that "killing", we are going to diverge in our opinions.
If we conservatives accept and endorse the right of a private insurance company to make coverage decisions based on cost and actuarial results (and I think we do), but at the same time support the idea that the government plans should deny nothing to anyone, regardless of the cost or perhaps marginal benefit, we are playing right into the hands of the single-payer advocates.
So under your premise, when government bans private healthcare and makes medicine too expensive through regulations, its not “killing”??
If, as many suspect, the increase in cost of health care has been intentional by social engineers, then you could make a very good case that denying the only available payment for critical care is indeed killing.