President Barack Obama’s influence on health-care reform is being hurt by opponents arguing proposed legislation will limit doctor choice and treatment, the New York Times reported, citing a poll the newspaper conducted with CBS News.

The poll found 69 percent of those surveyed believed that their health-care quality would deteriorate if the government enacted a universal coverage plan, the Times said. The telephone poll of 1,050 adults was conducted July 24 to 28 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, the Times said.

(Source: Bloomberg News)