The article states rural areas tend to be served by a higher proportion of immigrant doctors. The densely populated coasts will probably be fine - the higher salaries will continue to attract US-born and limited immigrant doctors.
$200k urban vs $205k rural median offers to new doctors overall. But, in surgical practices, that flips well in favor of urban offers. But, that's just for new MDs. Career numbers skew even more to rural doctors
https://resources.nejmcareercenter.org/article/demystifying-...
I had only anecdotal knowledge(I know Canadian doctors are all going to the big cities) and I looked it up before posting for who would be most impacted.
You are correct the article tried to suggest rural, but fact check false. It's easy to see why NPR did this.
NPR represents urban liberals; their readers won't like reading that their healthcare costs are about to go way up.