{"id":336,"date":"2020-09-04T13:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=336"},"modified":"2021-10-07T08:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:55:25","slug":"artificial-heart-maker-jacks-up-subscription-prices-terminates-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foxthink.local\/artificial-heart-maker-jacks-up-subscription-prices-terminates-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial heart maker jacks up subscription prices, terminates customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
SAN FRANCISCO, California –<\/strong> Tech start-up and maker of artificial hearts “beats-for-keeps”, is threatening to terminate service to customers after a switch to a pay-per-beat model. The price increase will see the monthly cost to customers rise from approximately $300 to as much as $3000 per month, leaving many claiming the companies is heartless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A company spokesperson said “ten years ago we pioneered the subscription heart model, providing artificial hearts at zero up front cost to tens of thousands of Americans. Amid the current economic conditions, venture capital has all but dried up, leaving us in the rare situation unheard of for many Unicorn companies – we’re going to have to make a profit. To this end we’ve devised a pay-per-beat model, which we feel is the most equitable way to charge our customers.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n