re: #14 Killgore Trout

Could be a big winner of an ad if the facts check out. She says she was 26 when diagnosed and my first skim through google shows that although the changes took effect in 2010 it was only for people under 19

Did she actually benefit from healthcare reform?

The section you linked to specifically pertains to adding children to their parent’s plan:

Effective September 2010, children (below age 19) with pre-existing conditions may not be denied access to their parents’ health plan and insurance companies will no longer be allowed to insure a child, but exclude treatments for that child’s pre-existing condition.

That’s not what happened in this case, she bought PCIP insurance through Ohio’s program, because Ohio has already complied with this aspect of the law. PCIP insurance is set up to cover citizens who have been diagnosed with a pre-existing condition and been uninsured for six months prior to their application.

Since she’s from Ohio I’ll direct you to the healthcare.gov PCIP Ohio page.

If she lived in Texas she’d would have had to apply to the federal PCIP program.