One major barrier to telehealth was removed with the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Which of the following was the outcome of removing this major barrier?
1. Telecommunications carriers were required to provide cost-free Internet access to those in rural areas.
2. Telecommunications carriers must offer services to urban health providers at rates higher than those charged in rural areas.
3. The act created the Agriculture Department's information Rural Development network.
4. Vendors of cable and telephone services were allowed to compete in each others' markets.
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Rationale: When the Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed vendors of cable and telephone services to compete in each others' markets, this helped to open the door to create the information superhighway needed to provide the framework to support telehealth, removing one major barrier. The Snowe–Rockefeller Amendment required telecommunications carriers to offer services to rural health providers at rates comparable to those charged in urban areas (not cost free) so that affordable health care could become available to rural residents.
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