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So who pays your medical bills when one of those falls on your head. FAA or the delivery company?

This is basically why regulations exist requiring operators of machinery/vehicles to carry insurance, so there's someone who can pay up if people get hurt.

You actually don't need insurance to fly a plane (in the US).

That said, I don't know of any aircraft operator who doesn't have some form of insurance. If nothing else because the banks demand it.

Who pays your medical bills when one of those cars jump the curb and hits you?

The state transport authority or the automobile driver?

If some authority unilaterally decides my roof is a highway, I'd say both.

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