Those whose eyes were closed are seeing again, those with a dead conscience are coming alive. Jesus declared it wasn't a curse, but an opportunity. And he opened his eyes. He enlightened him. He raised his consciousness, dipped him into the bath of truth.
Lame people rise, hobble, walk, then run.
But Jesus says, these will walk in the kingdom, leap like ballerinas, dance like dervishes. Lepers are cleansed. We now have AIDS to stigmatize with our morality. Jesus says that it's a Sign of the Kingdom when people with stigmatized diseases get care and attention. In capitalist society, health care is a commodity for sale and is given to those for whom it is cost effective to care.