FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) today announced that Bruce Yarwood has been appointed to serve on the Company's Board of Directors. Mr.

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40 State National Grassroots Offensive Stresses Need for President, Congress, Governors to Ultimately Resolve Structural Funding Inadequacy Plaguing Stability of America's Vital Senior Care Sector WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With vulnerable seniors' continued access to quality rehabilitation, skilled nursing and assisted living care in direct jeopardy as emergency federal Medicaid relief remains stalled on Capitol Hill, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) launched a nationwide Driving for Quality Care petition initiative to urge President Obama, the U.S.

Growing Squeeze on Texas Seniors' Care Needs Merits Discussion as 2010 Campaign Unfolds AUSTIN, Texas, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With vulnerable seniors' care and key front line care jobs placed in jeopardy by the threat of new state Medicaid cuts and the possibility of still more Medicare cuts in Washington following passage of federal health care reform, Tim Graves, President of the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) and Bruce Yarwood, President/CEO of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) in Washington, D.C.

Nation's Governors Urged to Make FMAP Extension a Top Federal Budget Priority as New Study Points To Continued State Fiscal Turmoil WASHINGTON, Feb.