[lxmorj]

The hell are you on about? That’s like trying to minimize healthcare costs by killing all humans.

[raugustinus]

Hah good one. On the other hand, medical possibilities will be increasing way beyond what we'll be able to afford.

[winchling]

Yet it may turn out that performing regular maintenance on the human body is the cheapest way to keep it healthy.

[raugustinus]

I am 100% for a (more) healthy life. I have no interest in 'extending my lifespan' except for the 'few' extra years that the healthy life might bring.

[adrianN]

You are free to kill yourself when you feel like you had enough. Just because you don't want to have the body of a thirty year old forever, that doesn't mean that you should subject others to the incredible suffering that old age brings.

[raugustinus]

We are not free to end our own life when you feel you had enough. There's laws for that. But yes, I'll reflect on my options whether or not I'll have that chemo when I'm in my sixties/seventies.

[adrianN]

I doubt that they'll put you in jail after you killed yourself.

[xorfish]

Combating aging will mainly extend your healthy lifespan.