Why are they encrypted? I am guessing it is a combo of being able to afford it (a ride in one of those things isn't cheap), and because someone heard and repeated something they shouldn't have.
My wife is a nurse and can tell you all about the HIPAA laws. They seem to only enforce it when it is convenient. A good example is when someone doesn't like a fellow nurse, they wait for them to violate HIPPA (by talking too loudly about a patient, next to a stranger for example), then get them written up over it. It is pretty hard to not let patient details slip. Hospitals aren't really set up for privacy. No one wants to point this fact out. They are all too afraid to tick off a fellow nurse.
Dirty law. Protects no one. Hurts the weak. Makes vendors of encrypted radios and computer systems VERY happy.
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