Their mentality is completely utilitarian, Mach. If it's inconvenient, kill it and get it out of the way.
They'll be coming after us old farts in the next decade, mark my words. "Mr. Wolseley has high blood pressure, hypoglycemia, gastro-esophagal reflux disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a marked tendency towards obesity; in addition, he has a family history of heart attack, cancer, and diabetes. He is also over the age of 50 and is unemployed, so the taxpayers have to pick up the tab for his health care. The Medical Review Panel has determined that the best option for Mr. Wolseley is NVT, or Non-Voluntary Termination. Upon his next clinic visit, he should be routed to the Terminal Care Facility (gas chamber) and expedited, in order that a further monetary burden should not be placed on the shoulders of the healthy population. Signed, J.D. Kervorkian, M.D., Attending Physician."