Measure To Save Rural Hospitals Becomes Law

By Shaun Boyd
DENVER (CBS4) – The most consequential and controversial bill of the 2017 legislative session is now law.
Gov. John Hickenlooper traveled to the small town of Fowler in Otero County for the bill signing ceremony.
Rural Colorado stands to benefit most from the new law. It not only earmarks money for rural roads and schools but saves more than a dozen rural hospitals in danger of closing, including Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo. It’s the only hospital for a 160-mile