U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Daniel Shannon belongs to a government-run health-care program. He discovered how it works after he was shot in Iraq.

In 2004, Shannon told a House subcommittee on Monday, his unit was operating in Ramadi, one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq. A bullet fired from an insurgent's AK-47 struck him in the head, injuring his brain and destroying his left eye.

Three days later, he was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which is in Washington, D. ...

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