ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County is delaying its plan to use American Rescue Plan funds to pay off medical debt relief after commissioners questioned how recipients would be identified.

On Tuesday, the county commission was supposed to approve the plan to use $4.5 million in ARPA funding and partner with Medical Debt Resolutions, Inc. MDR would work with Orlando Health and AdventHealth to identify debt to buy, going back up to seven years.

The county’s community and family services department…