The Cost of Human Life

A while back I found a wonderful article in the Pantagraph sharing the information that the government says the price of human life has dropped. To my amazement that according the the current model human life is only worth about 5.9 million dollars. I understand that the people of the United States and any government give the government its power. Under current trends inflation seems to causing things to go up in price, but acording the the government the price of human life is going down the drain. Why is this important? Well most like many corporations if the costs are low enough a few things could be lost. So does this mean that the government will do less for its people or is it just a phase?