Flashback: OMB Director Denies Mandate Penalty is a Tax By Michael Warren June 28, 2012 4:16 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint 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: TagsAffordable Care ActIndividual MandateMichael WarrenTaxesTWS Archive Related Content Editorials Democrats’ judicial warrant requirement is backdoor amnesty Investigations Wisconsin group running ad campaign alleged arm of liberal dark money giant Campaigns Trump’s 2024 Latino gains at risk over immigration enforcement tactics News ICE officers receive new directive not to engage with ‘agitators’ in Minnesota News Car crashes into Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in possible hate crime in Brooklyn