<prompt> Human: To all,I have looked a bit in the wiki and havent found anything on this topic.So my situation is, I am engaged date set for April 2016 yada yada yada. But I recently found out that my employer is going to offer a Person 1 plan for health insurance that could go into plan Jan 1 2016. So with this in mind I figure that weshe could save around 2000 if we were legally married before the ceremony.My question to yall isAre there any other benefits to doing this?Would it be better to wait until Jan 1 to do this? Her tax situation is a bit complex, and I have a feeling that her dad would find out if we did it for tax year 2015.Am I making this out to be more than it should be?Thanks  <response>: Generally speaking, you can make changes to your health insurance elections when you have major life changes - marriage, divorce, childbirth, etc. - so you only lose four months of Person 1. So if the families would flip out if you got married before the wedding, youre probably better off preserving the familial peace. 