There would be a leader you knew cared about you. He did not set out to be a healer. But there was something about Jesus which had the power to heal those who came in contact with him. And that power got people's attention more than Jesus' message about the kingdom of God. I understand that very well.
Health is a more urgent concern than enlightenment.
But what Jesus has latched onto and is pointing toward in his preaching is a whole other dimension of life, a divine dimension, one that is eternal, a life we cannot be whole without. Our word health comes from an Old English word meaning wholeness. To be truly healthy is to be whole. And that is a lot harder than getting a clean bill of health from our physician. We have physical needs which are limited and we have spiritual wants which are infinite.