In our situation there was nothing of value to inherit.
“Like when rich old comatose grandma may or may not be in pain and needs expensive treatments that are eating into the inheritance. “
The GOVERNMENT should have NO SAY on when a life ends. That is up to the individual who is suffering and hopefully wishes were made known BEFORE they were ill.
If you believe the GOVERNMENT will NOT push for DEATH under ALL circsumstance, “dead” you are not being realitic. This will take away INDIVIDUAL WISHES and make it a one size fits all FINAL solution. We DO NOT want that in the U.S..
One of the most important and proper roles of government is preventing the unjust and unlawful termination of life.
That is up to the individual who is suffering and hopefully wishes were made known BEFORE they were ill.
They often have not made their wishes known, or the family has different interpretations of those wishes.
Say the doctors believe the patient is unaware but not in pain - one child says she wants to die and the other child says she doesn't. If not the law (government), who makes the decision?
Of course these are proper issues for public debate and policy.