Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) 2026: How to Shield Your Home From Nursing-Home Spend-Down
A practical 2026 guide to the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust: what a MAPT is, the five-year look-back and transfer penalty, income-only design, keeping the right to live in your home, preserving step-up in basis, and how a MAPT compares with gifting, an ILIT, and a Medicaid-compliant annuity.