Wear the Denial

Error 403 Care Forbidden Hoodie

This isn't merch. It's a position.
Being sick is hard enough. Somewhere in the middle of it, a company you have never met gets a vote. This puts that somewhere people can see it.
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About This Product

You’ve seen this window before. Maybe not on a screen. In a letter, a patient portal, or a phone call that ended in hold music.

In web-speak, Error 403 means Forbidden: the request was understood and refused anyway. Your doctor’s order was understood. It was refused anyway. Now you get two buttons: APPEAL or GIVE UP.

They’re not betting you’re wrong. They’re betting you’re tired.

And it works. In 2024, insurers on HealthCare.gov plans denied about 1 in 5 in-network claims, and fewer than 1% of those denials were ever appealed. In Medicare Advantage, when people do appeal a prior authorization denial, 80.7% of the time the denial gets overturned. Only 11.5% ever try. Wear the reminder. Click APPEAL.

Made for patients and families fighting a denial, and for the nurses, doctors, billing staff and prior auth coordinators who see this screen every day. A funny health insurance hoodie for anyone who has spent a lunch break on hold.

• 50% pre-shrunk cotton, 50% polyester
Heather Sport Dark Navy is 40% cotton, 60% polyester
• Fabric weight: 8.0 oz/yd² (271.25 g/m²)
• Air-jet spun yarn with a soft feel and reduced pilling
• Double-lined hood with matching drawcord
• Quarter-turned body to avoid crease down the middle
• 1 × 1 athletic rib-knit cuffs and waistband with spandex
• Front pouch pocket
• Double-needle stitched collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
• Blank product sourced from Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Honduras or El Salvador

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

Size guide

  LENGTH (inches) WIDTH (inches)
S 27 20
M 28 22
L 29 24
XL 30 26
2XL 31 28
3XL 32 30

The worst part happens where nobody can see it.

The denial arrives in an envelope. The phone call happens in your kitchen. The appeal is a stack of paper on a table nobody else sits at. None of it is visible from the outside, and that is exactly what makes it work.

Prior Authorize This. exists to drag one piece of it into daylight. You were already dealing with your body. They made you deal with them too.

A shirt doesn't fix any of this. It does make it harder for the system to pretend nobody noticed.

Error 403 Care Forbidden Hoodie
$45.00