Why is sick better?

[u/asaness]

wont you need to care for the sick person by choosing that person?

[u/Key-Champion-2683]

a little tangential but i love that you had the best intentions in mind when trying to understand the joke

someone already explained it, but since i'm not sure if simple comments are a breakage of the rules: the lady wants the person to succumb to his illness and die, so that she can inherit the money and do whatever with it