One of the reasons why patients and their family members opt for euthanasia is because of financial problems of continuing to support the patient. The cost of using medical services to keep a patient alive is very high and families might not be earning enough to support the patient; they might be forced into a choice despite not liking it. Other patients with chronic diseases can sometimes be treated but it also reaches a point where treatment no longer gives much remedy. Euthanasia will always be the cheaper alternative compared to keeping the patient alive. According to Nixon (2009), he mentioned that it is very cruel to gauge a person’s life in dollars but if needed, the cost of keeping them alive is approximately $50,000 to $100,000. Extremely
