I think it must be so frustrating when you can't see a doctor when you need one. But it's hard to really understand and sympathize when you come from a place that does not have universal health care. The difference is that where I am there isn't a hard to reach, overloaded doctor to be tracked down. There is just nothing. So if you are sick, there is nothing... nothing at all. People in lands where there is universal healthcare seem to not really understand how bad it is, in my experience.
RE: Why bother with an apple a day when he's always away?