¶ 27 The County lastly argues the trial court erred in striking and extinguishing the lien on the ground the trial court awarded no damages for medical expenses in the personal injury lawsuit. On this point, we find Anderson v. Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities, 305 Ill. App. 3d 262 (1999), highly instructive. In Anderson, this court interpreted the prior version of the Act, which provided:

Burrell, 176 Ill.2d at 179, 223 Ill.Dec. 457, 679 N.E.2d 1230 (Harrison, J., dissenting); see People ex rel. Community High School District No. 231, 2 Ill.2d at 448, 118 N.E.2d 328. Our initial opinion in this matter relied on dicta in Anderson v. Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities, 305 Ill.App.3d 262, 238 Ill.Dec. 509, 711 N.E.2d 1170 (1999), suggesting that removing the phrase “based on the negligent or wrongful act” from the prior version of the Act “would permit the lien to be attached to any verdict or judgment recovered by the injured person.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)