American Heart and Stroke Association Membership Benefits and Criteria

You can't make it any clearer as to what the ASA is for, a professional society for medical staff.  We as stroke survivors have no standing. Nothing about efficacy of stroke rehab protocols or any mention of helping survivors.
http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Membership/Benefits/Benefits_UCM_318664_SubHomePage.jsp
All AHA/ASA Professional Members receive basic benefits:

• New membership benefit! Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) New Open Access journal—online only, peer reviewed. Members save $500 in publication fees with discount code.
• New membership benefit! The new AHA research grant application fee effective for the winter 2012 deadlines will be waived for members. You can apply at my.americanheart.org/research
• Countless networking opportunities with like-minded professionals
• Priority registration and housing for Scientific Sessions and the International Stroke Conference
• Notification about AHA national and affiliate research funding opportunities and deadlines
• Notice about upcoming AHA scientific conferences and requests for abstracts  
• Special opportunities to volunteer to become a peer reviewer of manuscripts, research applications and abstracts for meetings
• Opportunity to apply for and receive Council Awards
• Unlimited access within the AHA’s Professional Online Network
• Access to the AHA Learning Library, a Web portal to a broad spectrum of professional resources provided by the AHA and organized in themed communities corresponding to AHA councils
• Connections quarterly newsletter with council-specific information
• Inclusion in and access to the online AHA/ASA Professional Membership Directory
• Complimentary You’re the Cure Advocacy e-newsletter
• Opportunity to help develop legislative policy and participate in advocacy programs
• AHA/ASA Professional Membership card, certificate and lapel pin  (note: certificate and pin available upon request)
• Special briefing on legislative and regulatory issues to members who participate in AHA Lobby Day in Washington, D.C.

And the membership categories:
Membership Levels

Premium Professional Plus	Desire maximum involvement and receive highest level of benefits	$450/year
Premium Professional	Desire to be involved at a significant level and receive considerable benefits	$250/year
Early Career*	Completed training within last four years and M.D.s or Ph.D.s in the four years after their first faculty appointment*	$75/year
Student/Trainee*	Still in training as an undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral/clinical fellow*	$75/year
General Professional	Basic membership	$75/year

 I won't be donating to them ever.