Eliminating hospital rebates: If hospital rebates were eliminated, hospitals would nolonger be able to recover 83percent of the GST/HST they pay on their purchases.[3] However, they could continue to purchase prescription drugs on a tax-freebasis because these drugs are zero-rated. ###>Par contre, ils pourraient continuer d'acheter des médicaments prescrits en franchise de taxe parce que ces médicaments sont détaxés.