Judging by my several consecutive posts in this thread, you can probably tell that this story affects me pretty personally (no layoffs yet, but we're not sure what's going to happen after a 60-day transition period). Anyway, I've been reading articles about it so much that it's hard to tell how big of a story it is for everyone else. But I guess if it's on The Colbert Report, it's pretty big:
Accretive Health scandal prompts new word from Colbert: debt panels