If you don't have health insurance, many of the big companies have plans that aren't that expensive. Your deductible will be a couple thousand (which isn't that much compared to having no insurance) and it will only cost you $80 or $90 per month. This is the cost of many cell-phone plans.

"He appears to have no empathy for people who lost everything by doing the safe thing: buying a house, working a job, and living the dream."

How is buying a house the safe thing? A house is an investment and there is risk associated with all investments. If you aren't willing to take those risks, you shouldn't buy a house. Renting is still a viable option.

"Wall Street getting a bailout while average people are told it's unpatriotic and un-American to ask for help"

So two wrongs make a right? By wanting help you are just legitimizing the bailouts.