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1:16 PM, Jun 28, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

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In February the Obama administration's acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, Jeff Zeints, told the House Budget Committee that the penalty for not purchasing health insurance under Obamacare is not a tax. Watch below:

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