US healthcare disruption: How Bezos, Buffett and Dimon closed the JV deal

Todd Combs, the Berkshire investment officer is one of the three executives tasked with helping create the endeavor

It’s a stronghold of insider Washington, a place where billionaires and former presidents mingle in black-tie splendor.

Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon were there, of course. But few in the invitation-only crowd last Saturday at the annual Alfalfa Club gala could have guessed that the men were quietly closing in on what could be the answer to a question that divides the nation: How do we fix American health care?

Their appearance together at the Capital Hilton capped years of discussions, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. When they saw one another at social gatherings or industry