Why The Secrecy?

From the LVRJ: The first cousin of the man shot Wednesday inside an Albertsons grocery store by a Henderson SWAT team is livid she can't get any information on her cousin's condition at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
"He's like this nameless, faceless person, and they can't seem to find any records on him," said Tanya Montana, 38, in a telephone interview from her residence in Arvada, Colo. "The whole story doesn't make any sense to me. He's the sweetest guy. He's never had any mental issues. He's got a wife and three kids, or at least he did the last time I talked to him."
That was about a year ago, Montana said.
Her cousin, Jake E. Goldsborough, a 36-year-old Las Vegas resident, has since lost his factory job, his home, his wife and his three children, and has been living in the desert outside Henderson's city limits.
Just two months ago, his unemployment checks stopped coming in the mail, said Kathleen Trujillo, a close friend who now believes the standoff between police and Goldsborough might have been "suicide by cop."....
Since the shooting, Goldsborough has undergone surgeries for his injuries, said Keith Paul, spokesman for the Henderson police. But how many times Goldsborough was shot and the extent of his injuries have still not been released by police.
This much is known: He was booked by proxy inside his hospital room on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and he was reported to be in critical condition by hospital officials Thursday.
But other than that, hospital officials cannot release any information, even to family members, said Amanda Powell, associate vice president of marketing.
"I can't even confirm whether or not he's here," she said. "It's because of privacy. If the patient is listed as confidential, we can't give out any information."
While confidentiality is usually the result of stringent health care privacy laws that fall under the Health Insurance Portable and Affordability Act, or HIPAA, Powell said in Goldsborough's case, it's because of the situation.
"It relates to the situation," she said, meaning the shooting. "I can't say anything because it's confidential."  http://www.lvrj.com/news/cousin-looks-for-answers-in-homeless-man-s-shooting-179681601.html
Well, guess who is paying this guy's medical bills?  The police department?  Medicaid?
Or how about the taxpayers, since we are footing the bill.  We ought to know how much taxpayers are on the hook for this guy's medical care, so us taxpayers ought to be given some information about his condition and also how much money taxpayers are going to have to pay for his care.  This is information taxpayers should know about and not hid from the public.  The cops don't need to hide this information- the injuries and cost have nothing  to do with the case.  But we, the taxpayers ought to know how much money this person is going to cost us.